The Half-Blood Prince Book Report

After summer away from school the students return to school, and the headmaster Dumbledore announces that Snape will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, which is a great surprise to Harry. While at school Harry is given an old Potions textbook that was once someone named “The Half-Blood Prince” book. Many of the Spells and codes are written on the margins of the pages in the textbook, and Harry uses these to be better at Potions. Dumbledore schedules many meetings with Harry in which Harry comes to his office and they use Dumbledore’s pensieve, otherwise know as a looking glass, which is used to look at memories of those who have had contact with Voldemort directly. Dumbledore believes to fulfill the prophecy, Harry will have to learn
When they arrive, Dumbledore uses magic to freeze Harry in place so that he cannot interfere with whatever is about to happen, but Harry also stays hidden by his cloak of invisibility so that no one knows he is there. Draco Malfoy runs into the room, yelling and threatening Dumbledore’s life. Very weak and unable to reach his wand, Dumbledore stalls Draco, trying to convince him that he isn’t a killer and if he spares him that the Order of the Phoenix can and will protect him and his mother from Voldemort and the rest of his army. Draco lowers his wand, but Snape forces his way into the tower. Harry is angered that he cannot move or speak, but he still can hear everything. Snape raises his wand and kills Dumbledore, by sending him flying over the edge of the tower. Since Dumbledore has died, his spell on Harry has been broken, and Harry rushes after Snape, angered and wanting to avenge the death of his friend and headmaster, Dumbledore . Snape manages to escape, and Harry is devastated. He stares at the locket in his hand that he and Dumbledore stole and realizes that it is not a Horcrux, but that inside the locket is a note addressed from someone named “R. A. B.” Harry tells his friends he will not be coming back to Hogwarts next year but instead will search out and kill Voldemort by destroying all of the Horcruxes, then Ron and Hermione vow to join