Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, By J. K. Rowling

Witches, wizards, spells, and magic are all apart of a normal day at Hogwarts, a school for young witches and wizards to be able to put their talents with magic into their everyday lives. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter, the main character, and his friends, Ron and Hermione, are determined to find out who or what keeps Petrifying students (a spell that is used to make someone like a statue, unable to move). Although there were many themes showing through the pages of the entire book, two main themes seemed to protrude. The two themes that are most important is the importance of choice and that fear is a constant dark force, waiting to strike at any moment but the harder part of fear, is finding a way
Not only did everyone at Hogwarts have to make the decision of whether or not to trust Harry that he wasn’t the one petrifying students and was not the Heir of Slytherin, they also had to decide whether or not Hogwarts was really a safe place for them all to stay. One major example of important decision making is when Dobby, a house elf that keeps showing up in Harry’s life, comes around to Hogwarts when Harry is in the infirmary to talk to him about why he NEEDS to leave Hogwarts immediately. Harry has to make an important decision with the little information he does have about this terrible thing that is going to happen. Harry’s decision not only helped move the plot line along but it helped the readers learn the importance of thinking about your choices and what the outcome would be for each choice. This shows that in decision making, you can never know what is the right thing and what is the wrong thing until you make a decision and jump right in. Harry was faced with a very important decision but also had time to think over everything that he did know about what was going on at the school. Although he, Ron, and Hermione had all tried to figure out what is in the Chamber of Secrets and what exactly the Chamber was, they also had to put up with their regular lives at Hogwarts - continuing to go to classes, do homework, and learn about the Chamber secretly. To conclude, not all decisions are going to be life changing but this book should teach you that no matter the size of the decision, choosing what’s best for you if always going to stand out the most - causing you to lean in one direction or another. Both themes shined throughout the book and made a huge impact on what the true lessons were that people were learning from this