'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' by JK Rowling: A Close Reading

Chapter One: the Contrast between Harry and the Dursley's

Chapter Two: Dobby's Foreshadowing

Chapter Three: Harry's Escape and Contrasting the Weasleys with the Dursleys

Chapter Four: Diagon Alley and The Unfamiliar Aspects of Wizard Life

Chapters Five and Six: Contrast Punishments of Wizards to Humans

Chapters Seven and Eight: Bigotry within the Wizard World and Life after Death in Hogwarts

Chapter Nine: Harry's Internal Battle with Evil Forces

Chapter Ten: Character Analysis of Lockhart and Quidditch as a Metaphor

Chapter Eleven: Foreshadowing of Percy and Ginny

Chapters Twelve and Thirteen: Dumbledore's Phoenix and the Uncertainty of the Polyjuice Potion

Chapter Fourteen: Character Analysis of Cornelius Fudge and Speculations Over the Heir of Slytherin

Chapter Fifteen: the Community of Spiders, Including Aragog

Chapter Sixteen: the Truth about Lockhart

Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen: Harry's Determination and Resourcefulness and Justice for All!

Key Moral Lessons from This Story