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Albus Dumbledore

The Crowded Cave

by Travis Prinzi 07.09.2009

Today’s guest post for chapter 26 of the Half-Blood Prince read-through is from one of our longest-standing patrons: Red Rocker!
In Chapter 26 of Half-Blood Prince, we witness Harry and Dumbledore make their way into a large, dark cave, take an enchanted boat to a rocky outcropping in the middle of a dark lake, dispose of [...]

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A Sluggish Memory

by Travis Prinzi 06.13.2009

The first few pages of chapter 17 of Half-Blood Prince belong to after-break catching-up.  Hermione gets filled in on the Snape/Draco conversation, and Ron begins to show more signs of discontent in his relationship with Lavender.
Fawkes and Loyalty to Dumbledore
The action begins once again in Dumbledore’s office, where one of my favorite Dumbledore/Harry moments takes [...]

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Christmas Eve at the Burrow

by Travis Prinzi 06.11.2009

We’re halfway through Half-Blood Prince!
More Snape irony in this chapter: As Harry what he overhears to Ron, he’s convinced he knows that Snape is on Voldemort’s side, because “No one’s that good an actor, not even Snape.”  Wrong!  Funny that as Harry is being vindicated about Malfoy, he’s completely wrong about Snape.
Dumbledore really becomes a [...]

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Harry, Like Dumbledore

by Travis Prinzi 06.06.2009

Let the snogging begin!  Chapter 14 of Half-Blood Prince centers on the continuing misunderstanding between Ron and Hermione and their frustration with each other.  There’s probably a lot to say about that, but I’ll leave it to the pub.
I want to talk about Harry.  It turns out we don’t have to wait for the Slughorn [...]

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Young Dumbledore and Younger Voldemort

by Travis Prinzi 06.05.2009

I think Dumbledore is as intriguing in this chapter as young Tom Riddle, Jr. is.  I’ve written much about our budding sociopath in my book and on this site, so I’ll leave commentary about him to you all in the comments.  I want to focus primarily on Dumbledore.
Dumbledore makes an interesting comment prior to jumping [...]

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In the Spidery Broom Shed

by Travis Prinzi 05.12.2009

We’re not yet done with chapter 4 of Half-Blood Prince.  Before Dumbledore leaves Harry with the Weasleys, he has a few matters to discuss with him in a “smelly, spidery broom shed.”  This is one of those moments which convinces me of my idealistic reading of Dumbledore, though I’m sure Manipulative!Dumbledore advocates have their take [...]

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Dumbledore Visits the Dursleys

by Travis Prinzi 05.09.2009

After two chapters outside of Harry’s perspective, we’re ready to get back inside Harry’s head again.  But Rowling doesn’t put us right there.  She smoothly transitions us back into Harry’s head.  “Harry Potter was snoring.”  And while our hero saws logs, we get a bird’s-eye view of newspaper clippings around the room.  As always, the [...]

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Fictional Politicians

by Travis Prinzi 01.17.2009

I’m enjoying the Saturday discussion prompts at the My Friend Amy blog, so I thought I’d respond to this week’s as well.  The question: Who is your favorite and least favorite fictional politician?  I’ll stick with Harry Potter on this.  Feel free to answer either from Harry Potter (considering every member of the Ministry is [...]

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