'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' by JK Rowling: A Close Reading

Section One: How Does This Opening Compare with the Previous Two Books?

Section Two: The Contrast Between the Magical and Non-Magical Worlds and What Are the Differences Between the Twins?

Section Three: Foreshadowing: the Dementors, Harry's Teacup, the Crisis of Buckbeak, McGonnall's Lesson

Section Four: How Has Harry's Character Developed since the First Book?

Section Five: Character Analysis of Professor Snape

Section Six: The Firebolt Broomstick and the Unjust Conviction of Buckbeak

Section Seven: Why Is There Such a Strange Tension between Snape and Lupin?

Section Eight: How Does Quidditch Reveal Each Character's True Nature?

Section Nine: Harry's Bravery and How He Compares to His Father

Section Ten: Characters Who Exist on a Boundary Between Two Identities; Harry, Black and Lupin

Section Eleven: Is This a Happy Ending Like the Previous Two?

The Key Moral Lessons From This Story