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(Harry Potter #4)
Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a h..more
Paperback, First Scholastic Trade Paperback Edition, 734 pages
Published September 28th 2002 by Scholastic (first published July 8th 2000)
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This question contains spoilers…(view spoiler)[Why does harry have to win the tournament Barty crouch could have made port key anytime and taken harry with him? (hide spoiler)]
PlatypusPatronusThis answer contains spoilers…(view spoiler)[ The cup wasn't directly linked to Crouch the way any random object he handed him could have been and he rigged parts of the Tournament to ensure Harry…more The cup wasn't directly linked to Crouch the way any random object he handed him could have been and he rigged parts of the Tournament to ensure Harry was the first one to touch the cup. In addition, if Harry disappeared in the middle of a dangerous task, it would take longer to notice than if he had disappeared in the middle of a normal school day. (For all the teachers knew, he could have been hiding in a bush or under an enchantment.) Plus, this way Harry was already exhausted and injured when he arrived in the graveyard (although whether Voldemort intended this or not is unknown). It's also possible that Voldemort was trying to be extra evil by killing Harry just when he was feeling triumphant about winning the Triwizard Tournament.(less)(hide spoiler)]
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Don't mind me, just crying my eyes out.
This was WAY better than I remember it being, and I remember it being pretty darn good. J.K. Rowling is a writing goddess and I can't believe how much foresight and planning went into this series. She already hints at the horcruxes and many other things in this book that don't show up until much later. Definitely one of my favorites in the series (but I say that about all of them)!
This was WAY better than I remember it being, and I remember it being pretty darn good. J.K. Rowling is a writing goddess and I can't believe how much foresight and planning went into this series. She already hints at the horcruxes and many other things in this book that don't show up until much later. Definitely one of my favorites in the series (but I say that about all of them)!
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Sep 09, 2015Sasha Alsberg rated it it was amazing
Um. Wow. Yeah. That was freaking FANTASTIC!!!! Probably my favorite so far, just wow oh my gosh...WHAT EVEN!! I feel empowered and sad at the same time (sad because..you know). 5/5 stars of course!
Feb 22, 2018Lily C added it · review of another edition
This series has taken a damn TURN!
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Dec 22, 2014Hannah rated it it was amazing
One of my favorites in the series.
The ending always gets to me and breaks my heart.
The ending always gets to me and breaks my heart.
Mar 31, 2013Hira rated it it was amazing
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I seriously have no idea why I still review these books when I have nothing new to say. I mean.. J.K. Rowling is perfect. This series is perfect. And I dream day & night of going to Hogwarts. So what I'm going to do is, I'm going to show you how I felt about this book:
When I started the book:
During the book:
At the end:
Umm. Mam Rowling.
All in all
Sorry for the lame review, readers. I just really don't know what to say.
Aug 01, 2013Jayson rated it it was amazing · review of another editionI seriously have no idea why I still review these books when I have nothing new to say. I mean.. J.K. Rowling is perfect. This series is perfect. And I dream day & night of going to Hogwarts. So what I'm going to do is, I'm going to show you how I felt about this book:
When I started the book:
During the book:
At the end:
Umm. Mam Rowling.
All in all
Sorry for the lame review, readers. I just really don't know what to say.
Shelves: genre-juvenile-fantasy, author-british, 600-plus-pp, read-in-2009, format-illustrated, subject-boarding-school, genre-young-adult
(A) 86% | Extraordinary
Notes: After a steady build, the series hits its stride. Deep and layered, it goes down smooth, never seeming overly complex.
Aug 25, 2009Stephen rated it it was amazingNotes: After a steady build, the series hits its stride. Deep and layered, it goes down smooth, never seeming overly complex.
Shelves: award-nominee-bram-stoker, comfort-food, award-winner-hugo, multiple-award-nominee, 2000-2005, ya, fantasy, award-nominee-hugo, award-nominee-locus, potteresque
This was the beginning of my addiction to POTter. I had previously experimented with and enjoyed POTter on 3 different occasions, but could easily have walked away and never touched the stuff again. Then, under some pressure from some POTterHEAD peers of mine, I tried the newest blend called the Goblet..and everything changed. As the warm, easy, potato chip prose crossed my blood-brain barrier, euphoria ensued. My inner child was smitten.
I..was..hooked and I..was..happy.
Ignore the so-call..more
I..was..hooked and I..was..happy.
Ignore the so-call..more
Jun 26, 2010Raeleen Lemay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Re-Read in December 2014 for Harry Christmas To You
SO I HAVE A FEW NOTES ON THIS ONE:
-at the beginning, Voldemort says to Wormtail, 'I will allow you to perform an essential task for me, one that many of my followers would give their right hands to perform..' OMG J.K. ROWLING FORESHADOWS EVERYTHINGGGG
-when the Weasley men come to Privet Drive through the Dursleys' fireplace is just.. priceless. Yet ANOTHER scene that I wish had made it into the movie.
-We get to meet Bill in this book (way e..more
SO I HAVE A FEW NOTES ON THIS ONE:
-at the beginning, Voldemort says to Wormtail, 'I will allow you to perform an essential task for me, one that many of my followers would give their right hands to perform..' OMG J.K. ROWLING FORESHADOWS EVERYTHINGGGG
-when the Weasley men come to Privet Drive through the Dursleys' fireplace is just.. priceless. Yet ANOTHER scene that I wish had made it into the movie.
-We get to meet Bill in this book (way e..more
Apr 04, 2017Luca Ambrosino rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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Apr 02, 2015Kai rated it it was amazing · review of another edition«The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it “the Riddle House”, even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there»Maybe this time I was out of line with the bedtime reading to my daughter, not so much for the size of the book, but for its darker content compared to the previous ones. Towards the end of this fourth book in the Harry Potter series, my little girl had difficulty falling asleep. I had to defuse t..more
Shelves: pottershelf, finished-series, favorites, owned, 2016
“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
There are so many chapters and characters and details that make this book special. Here are some of my favourites:
1. S.P.E.W.
2. Hermione in every scene ever
3. The house elves and the kitchen scenes (I'm honestly so in love with the kitchens. Every time they tickle the pear in the portrait I get all excited)
4. Durmstrang and Beauxbatons
5. The Yule Ball and the fact that Harry thinks Hermione i..more
There are so many chapters and characters and details that make this book special. Here are some of my favourites:
1. S.P.E.W.
2. Hermione in every scene ever
3. The house elves and the kitchen scenes (I'm honestly so in love with the kitchens. Every time they tickle the pear in the portrait I get all excited)
4. Durmstrang and Beauxbatons
5. The Yule Ball and the fact that Harry thinks Hermione i..more
Jan 02, 2011Adam Silvera rated it it was amazing
Reread done for #AdamRereadsHP! GOBLET OF FIRE is definitely work and I could've done for a lot of cutting. One of the things I admire most about this series is the way J.K. Rowling can speed through a year in under 300 pages. And GOBLET is twice that length and it didn't always feel justified. I shouldn't complain because more time in this world is MORE TIME IN THIS WORLD, and it's all very realized, but the pacing still felt off. (I really, really could've done without the Quidditch World Cup...more
Sep 18, 2018Chelsea Humphrey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I loved this so much. <3 It's truly incredible to see how Rowling created one of the most fascinating fantasy worlds and allowed it to mature with it's readers as the series continues on. My favorite installment yet and I can't wait to continue on! Also, all the tears. :'(
Apr 22, 2018Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I have no idea why this didn't show as being read but who cares. It's Harry Potter and I can reread and listen to them forever!!
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Mel ???
Dec 05, 2016Kainat 《HUFFLEPUFF & PROUD》 rated it it was amazing
Best one so far!
'Remember, if the time should come
when you have to make a choice
between what is right and what is easy,
remember what happened to the boy
who was good, was kind, and brave,
because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort.
Remember Cedric Diggory.'
'Remember, if the time should come
when you have to make a choice
between what is right and what is easy,
remember what happened to the boy
who was good, was kind, and brave,
because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort.
Remember Cedric Diggory.'
Feb 26, 2018Grace (BURTSBOOKS) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
4.5 stars
I really don't think I need to tell y'all that I loved this because I've been raving about this series since the moment I started it back in January but for the sake of clarity - I love this.
I believe everyone (even people that have no attachment to it at all) has a Harry Potter story under their belt. Whether it be the story of their first time reading it or the time they convinced everyone in their family to dress up as the Weasley's or when their Potterhead teacher made them play..more
Apr 25, 2014Sean Barrs the Bookdragon rated it it was amazing · review of another editionI really don't think I need to tell y'all that I loved this because I've been raving about this series since the moment I started it back in January but for the sake of clarity - I love this.
I believe everyone (even people that have no attachment to it at all) has a Harry Potter story under their belt. Whether it be the story of their first time reading it or the time they convinced everyone in their family to dress up as the Weasley's or when their Potterhead teacher made them play..more
Shelves: children-of-all-ages, fantasy, 5-star-reads
I remember the first time I read this……
I’d just started a real crappy job that I came to hate. I’d dropped out of university after my first year because my degree in psychology was a terrible choice, I seemed to be making more enemies than friends through life, but none of that mattered because I was reading a great series of books. I had something to look forward to every day when I really needed it.
The point is books are escapism and fantasy books particularly so. As I got my shit together, t..more
I’d just started a real crappy job that I came to hate. I’d dropped out of university after my first year because my degree in psychology was a terrible choice, I seemed to be making more enemies than friends through life, but none of that mattered because I was reading a great series of books. I had something to look forward to every day when I really needed it.
The point is books are escapism and fantasy books particularly so. As I got my shit together, t..more
Jul 09, 2013Chelsea (chelseadolling reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Re-read 1/24/19: Welp no one will be surprised to know that I sobbed my eyes out at the end of this one. I'm gonna go cry in a corner and eat the leftover Honeydukes chocolate I have in my fridge bc I am EMOTIONAL
Re-read 6/1/16: I'm feeling so many feelings right now. WHY DOES THIS SERIES HURT SO MUCH
Re-read 6/1/16: I'm feeling so many feelings right now. WHY DOES THIS SERIES HURT SO MUCH
This one is still my favorite!
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FAVORITE OF THE SERIES.
Reread in December 2017 for #HarryXmasToYou
Forever sad about Winky not being in the movie and Rita Skeeter’s whole story not making it in either, because she’s so awful but JUSTICE IS SERVED
Reread in December 2015 for #HarryXmasToYou
Seriously so many things I forgot because it's so different from book to movie! It's so good still though. I loved Dobby in this book.
Reread in December 2014 for #HarryXmasToYou
Again, so great. Lots of things I forgot! Like Ludo Bagman as a character, the Weasley's c..more
Forever sad about Winky not being in the movie and Rita Skeeter’s whole story not making it in either, because she’s so awful but JUSTICE IS SERVED
Reread in December 2015 for #HarryXmasToYou
Seriously so many things I forgot because it's so different from book to movie! It's so good still though. I loved Dobby in this book.
Reread in December 2014 for #HarryXmasToYou
Again, so great. Lots of things I forgot! Like Ludo Bagman as a character, the Weasley's c..more
Jul 24, 2018Anne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Like I have already mentioned in my review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, it is definitely noticeable that Rowling's writing style has improved massively compared to the first two books in the series. The amount of suspense and foreshadowing was incorporated very well and made the reading experience so much fun. I found myself constantly holding my breath towards the end, there were so many twists and turns! I have actually seen the movie version before, but I forgot much of it, so..more
Feb 13, 2016Aj the Ravenous Reader rated it it was amazingRecommended to Aj the Ravenous Reader by: Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘
Shelves: fantasy, lol, classic, love-love-love, five-stars
Normally, I congratulate myself for finishing a 500 + page novel but after reading 734 pages of this book, my only reaction was “How could it already be over?”The more I read Harry Potter, the harder I fall in love with J.K. Rowling. I couldn’t grasp how she could make this most fantastic series with the most complex and most expertly planned out plot, you could tell she was so sure of the story the moment she started writing the first book. Her attention to detail is more than impressive and th..more
Shelves: re-reads, tt-finish-the-series, reread-worthy, audiobooks
My love for this series knows no bounds.
5 glorious stars.
Always.
Oct 23, 2015Wendy Darling rated it liked it · review of another edition5 glorious stars.
Always.
Shelves: audio, fantasy, male-pov, middle-grade, read-2015, uk, boarding-school
I'm apparently the crankiest person on earth, because this was my least favorite Potter book yet. (AZKABAN being my favorite!) It's mostly because:
1. There is too much tournamenting for my taste.
2. I hate the house elves. :O
3. The word 'quietly' is egregiously overused. It loses its effectiveness because it appears so often.
4. There are moments when Harry and Ron behave like stereotypical stupid boys (I know, I know, they're 14..doesn't mean I can't be annoyed with them.)
The book gets an extra..more
1. There is too much tournamenting for my taste.
2. I hate the house elves. :O
3. The word 'quietly' is egregiously overused. It loses its effectiveness because it appears so often.
4. There are moments when Harry and Ron behave like stereotypical stupid boys (I know, I know, they're 14..doesn't mean I can't be annoyed with them.)
The book gets an extra..more
Feb 25, 2019Val ⚓️ Shameless, Skanky & Bitchy ⚓️ is currently reading it · review of another edition
It might take me 2 more years to finally make it through this series, but whatever..it's called savoring, people lol..
Apr 01, 2013Darth J rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Death had always been a major theme of these books, but Goblet of Fire was really the turning point of the whole series. Not only did Voldemort return, but we found out that the Wizarding World is much larger, and (view spoiler)[ Cedric is killed (hide spoiler)].
The characters become more real yet are still stuck in flux between child and adult, which is apropos seeing as how this book is literally in the middle of the series.
really liked it
Shelves: favorite-female-characters, young-adult, fantasy, memorable-male-characters
Ummm.. it's Harry Potter? I'm incapable of a decent review or anything new to say. My rambling thoughts as I finish this:
- Sooo much about Voldemort's planning makes more sense now. Movie's skipped a lot.
-Speaking of Dobby is my favorite and I'll forever be mad he was written out of the movie
- Barry Crouch Jr is still attractive, but I think it's only because David Tennant played him in the movie..
-I'm still not over Cedric. So sweet. So kind. ?
- Cho is boring and I don't know what Harry see..more
Oct 31, 2017Tina ➹ the girl who lives in Fandoms (Book.Enchantress) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition- Sooo much about Voldemort's planning makes more sense now. Movie's skipped a lot.
-Speaking of Dobby is my favorite and I'll forever be mad he was written out of the movie
- Barry Crouch Jr is still attractive, but I think it's only because David Tennant played him in the movie..
-I'm still not over Cedric. So sweet. So kind. ?
- Cho is boring and I don't know what Harry see..more
Shelves: re-read, 5-stars, golden-stars, fav-hero, favorite, editions, 2000-2010, fav-of-fav, 5-stars-complete, all-time-fav
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Harry Potter
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the Goblet of Fire
? another one of my favourites. (in 3rd place)
I think my first long waiting in HP was after reading this one, which was Hard after what happened in the end. probably my first cliffhanger. & first book Hangover. (which was sweet, because made me keep re-reading previous books many times)
I mean:
THE ENDING!
I'm still remembering how I felt after the first time reading GoF since 2002-03, I think. I was amused at the new information about th..more
Sep 12, 2011Inge rated it it was amazing · review of another edition-
Harry Potter
and
the Goblet of Fire
? another one of my favourites. (in 3rd place)
I think my first long waiting in HP was after reading this one, which was Hard after what happened in the end. probably my first cliffhanger. & first book Hangover. (which was sweet, because made me keep re-reading previous books many times)
I mean:
THE ENDING!
I'm still remembering how I felt after the first time reading GoF since 2002-03, I think. I was amused at the new information about th..more
Shelves: main-character-is-cool, villain-rocks-my-socks, magic, faeries-fae-and-elves, laugh-out-loud-funny, fantasy, dragons, all-time-favourites
Sep 13, 2016Reynita Maharani ★ The Night Reader ★ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: 2016-reads, middle-grade, stole-my-heart, warm-my-heart, fantasy-books, breath-in-breath-out, amazing-books, i-love-the-cover, so-funny-lol, reread
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Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she ch..more
Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she ch..more
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The 3rd book was open-ended, which is perfect for paving the way for the 4th one because this one is another expansion of the magical world that exists beyond Britain and Hogwarts.
The international competitions of the Triwizard Cup and the Quidditch World Cup all happens in this book. Starbound how long is a day. In addition, is a confirmation that, even if Harry was able to hold down Voldemort for a while in the 1st 3 books, he is not completely gone and will return.
The magical world is once again shattered and shaken by his power and uncertainty.
Every book in the Harry Potter series has an underlying message about social issues because the 1st book is about fighting against pursuit of immortality, the 2nd one is about family privilege and racism, and the 3rd one is about the inequality in unhealthy legal systems.
The 4th books speaks about not agreeing with enslavement, which are present in house-elves and good wizards.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire describes the time when Harry, Ron, and Hermione are starting t act and think like adults that is not far from how they are going to be until the last book, which is great to see.
Puberty changes the tone of the Novel because the author, J.K. Rowling, opts to realistically write about how the characters are aging up. This is a time when they have hopeless crushes, confusing signals, and fights between couples or 2 people who want each other.
Compared to the 3 books, Goblet of Fire has a darker plot and things have gotten more serious. The readers welcome this change, and the author is very honest to write about what happens when a person goes through their teen years.
Listening to this audiobook connects readers to the characters on a deeper level.
List book of Harry Potter
Author | J. K. Rowling |
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Illustrator | Giles Greenfield (UK) Mary GrandPré (US) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Harry Potter |
Release number | 4th in series |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher |
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8 July 2000 | |
Pages | 636 (Original UK Edition) 617 (2014 UK Edition) 734 (US Edition) |
ISBN | 0-7475-4624-X |
Preceded by | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Followed by | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry's name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete.
The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic; in both countries the release date was 8 July 2000, the first time a book in the series was published in both countries at the same time. The novel won a Hugo Award, the only Harry Potter novel to do so, in 2001. The book was adapted into a film, which was released worldwide on 18 November 2005, and a video game by Electronic Arts.
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Synopsis[edit]
Plot introduction[edit]
Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties of growing up, and the added challenge of being a famed wizard: when Harry was a baby, Lord Voldemort, the most powerful Dark wizard in history, killed Harry's parents but was mysteriously defeated after unsuccessfully trying to kill Harry, which left a lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead. This results in Harry's immediate fame and his being placed in the care of his abusive muggle, or non-magical, aunt and uncle, Aunt Petunia Dursley and Uncle Vernon Dursley, who have a son named Dudley Dursley.
On Harry's eleventh birthday, he learns that he is a wizard from Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and enrolls in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort who is trying to regain power. In Harry's first year he has to protect the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort and one of his faithful followers at Hogwarts. After returning to the school after summer break, students at Hogwarts are attacked by the legendary monster of the 'Chamber of Secrets' after the chamber is opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating another attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped mass murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling, and Harry learns that Black was framed and is actually Harry's godfather. He also learned that it was his father's old school friend Peter Pettigrew who actually betrayed his parents.
Plot summary[edit]
The book opens with Harry seeing Frank Bryce, the Muggle groundskeeper for the Riddle House, being killed by Lord Voldemort in a vision, and is awoken by his scar hurting. The Weasleys then take Harry and Hermione Granger to the Quidditch World Cup, using a Portkey, to watch Ireland versus Bulgaria, with Ireland emerging victorious. There, Harry meets Cedric Diggory, who is attending the match with his father. After the match, Voldemort's Death Eaters attack the site, destroying spectators' tents and wreaking havoc. The Dark Mark gets fired into the sky, which leads to a panic since it is the first time the sign has been seen in 13 years. Winky, Barty Crouch Senior's house elf, is falsely accused of casting the Mark after she is found holding Harry's wand, which is revealed to have been used to cast the Mark, as Harry had lost it during the chaos of the Death Eaters' attack. Hermione, angry at this injustice, forms a society to promote the rights of house elves known as S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare).
After the sorting at Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore announces that Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody will be the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for the year, and also that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tournament, with a prize of one thousand gold Galleons. However, only those over 17—the age of majority in the wizarding world—will be allowed to enter. It is the first time in many years that the Triwizard Tournament will be held.[citation needed] Students from Beauxbatons Academy and the Durmstrang Institute, other wizarding academies, will travel to Hogwarts, where they will stay for the year, in hopes of competing. At Halloween, the Goblet of Fire picks Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons Academy, Viktor Krum (who is also the Seeker on Bulgaria's Quidditch team) from Durmstrang Institute, and Cedric Diggory from Hogwarts to compete in the tournament. However, it additionally gives a fourth name—Harry Potter—leading to suspicion and indignation from everyone and magically binding Harry to compete. Ron is jealous that Harry is once again in the limelight and refuses to speak to Harry.
Hagrid reveals to Harry that the first task involves dragons, and since Fleur and Krum's headmasters are also aware of this, and will surely tell them in advance, Harry informs Cedric as well. At the task, Harry has to pass a Hungarian Horntail to retrieve a golden egg that contains a hint to the next task, which he does by summoning his Firebolt broomstick with the Accio spell, and finishes the task tied for first with Krum. Ron and Harry subsequently reconcile, Ron now understanding the full danger of the tournament. When Harry opens the egg, though, it merely shrieks loudly. Hermione then takes Harry and Ron to the school kitchens, where house elves work. There, they meet a distraught Winky, who is struggling to get over the loss of her sacking. They also meet Harry's old friend Dobby, who has been employed at Hogwarts to work in the kitchens; he is the only known house elf to appreciate his freedom, despite his hardworking nature.
Meanwhile, gossipy reporter Rita Skeeter is writing scandalous articles of half-truths and outright fabrications in The Daily Prophet about those at Hogwarts, including Hermione, Harry, Hagrid, and Madame Maxime of Beauxbatons.
With the Yule Ball approaching, Harry must find a partner, but when he finally approaches his crush Cho Chang, Cedric has beaten him to her, so Harry and Ron ask Parvati and Padma Patil. Ron is shocked and jealous to see that Hermione is attending with Krum. Cedric gives Harry a tip on the egg, telling him to take it to the prefects' bathroom, but Harry refuses to listen, jealous over Cho.
Finally acting on the tip, Harry takes the egg to the prefects' bathroom, where Moaning Myrtle tells him to listen to the egg underwater; there the words become understandable. Harry learns that the task is to recover something he will 'sorely miss.' On the way back to Gryffindor tower he falls into a trick staircase and drops the egg and the Filch hears this and thinks it’s Peeves, Snape later comes and reports that someone has broken in his potion ingredient cupboard, Professor Moody comes and sees Harry through his invisibility cloak he decides to cover up for him, he later takes the Mauraders's Map from Harry. Harry then starts looking for spells to help him breathe where the objects will be taken: The Black Lake. By the morning of the task, Harry still hasn't found a solution, but Dobby gives him some Gillyweed to give Harry gills. Harry completes the task by rescuing Ron from under the lake. Harry then takes a risk by also rescuing Fleur's younger sister, Gabrielle, after Fleur was unable to. After the judges confer, he earns enough points to tie him with Cedric for the lead.
One month before the final task, Harry and Krum are talking when they encounter Crouch, who appears to have gone insane, but manages to tell Harry to get Dumbledore. Leaving Krum with Crouch, Harry fetches Dumbledore but returns to find Krum stunned and Crouch gone. Harry returns to preparing for the final task, a hedge maze. Inside the maze, Harry is forced to incapacitate Krum, who has been bewitched, to save Cedric. Working together, the two reach the cup. They agree to touch it at the same time, and doing so, discover that it is a Portkey that transports them to a graveyard. There, Peter Pettigrew kills Cedric using Voldemort’s wand and uses Harry's blood (along with his own hand and Tom Riddle Sr.'s bone) to resurrect Lord Voldemort.
Voldemort summons his Death Eaters, berating them for thinking he was dead, before he reveals that he has a single 'faithful servant' concealed at Hogwarts, who has been working to ensure that Harry would make it to the graveyard, and then challenges Harry to a duel. However, when he and Harry fire curses at each other, their wands connect due to their identical cores. Voldemort's wand releases the most recent spells it performed, resulting in imprints of his last victims appearing in the graveyard, including Harry's parents, who provide a distraction so that Harry can escape back to Hogwarts using the Portkey, taking Cedric's body with him.
When he returns, Moody takes him to his office, and reveals himself to be Voldemort's 'faithful servant'; he was the one who put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire under a different school, and has been guiding him through the tournament from behind the scenes to ensure that he would grab the Portkey first. Before Moody can kill Harry, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape intervene. They learn that Moody is in fact Barty Crouch Jr., Mr. Crouch's son, disguised by Polyjuice Potion. Crouch had sentenced Crouch Jr. to life imprisonment in Azkaban over alleged ties to the Death Eaters but smuggled him out as a last favour to his dying wife. Crouch Jr. was the one who set off the Dark Mark at the Quidditch World Cup, doing it to scare the Death Eaters he felt had abandoned Voldemort. Eventually, Voldemort had gotten in contact with Crouch Jr. and had him impersonate Moody as part of his plan. Crouch Jr. also admits to killing Crouch Sr., to prevent him telling Dumbledore about Voldemort. The real Moody is found inside Crouch Jr.'s enchanted trunk and rescued. Harry is then declared the winner of the Triwizard Tournament and given his winnings.
Many people, including Fudge, do not believe Harry and Dumbledore about Voldemort's return, and as Fudge has the Dementor's Kiss performed, Crouch Jr. is unable to give testimony. Hermione discovers Rita Skeeter is an unregistered Animagus, who can take the form of a beetle, and blackmails her to force her to stop writing her libellous stories. Not wanting his tournament winnings, Harry gives them to Fred and George to start their joke shop and returns home with the Dursleys.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997; the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998; and the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, followed on 8 July 1999.[1]Goblet of Fire is considerably longer than the first three; almost twice the size (the paperback edition was 636 pages). Rowling stated that she 'knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four'. She said there needed to be a 'proper run-up' for the conclusion and rushing the 'complex plot' could confuse readers. She also stated that 'everything is on a bigger scale' which was symbolic, as Harry's horizons widened both literally and metaphorically as he grew up. She also wanted to explore more of the magical world.[2]
Until the official title's announcement on 27 June 2000, the book was called by its working title, 'Harry Potter IV.' Previously, in April, the publisher had listed it as Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament. However,[3] J. K. Rowling expressed her indecision about the title in an Entertainment Weekly interview.'I changed my mind twice on what [the title] was. The working title had got out — Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament. Then I changed Doomspell to Triwizard Tournament. Then I was teetering between Goblet of Fire and Triwizard Tournament. In the end, I preferred Goblet of Fire because it's got that kind of cup of destiny feel about it, which is the theme of the book.'[2]
Rowling mentioned that she originally had a Weasley relative named Malfalda, who, according to Rowling, 'was the daughter of the 'second cousin who's a stockbroker' mentioned in Philosopher's Stone. This stockbroker had been very rude to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the past, but now he and his (Muggle) wife had inconveniently produced a witch, they came back to the Weasleys asking for their help in introducing her to wizarding society before she starts at Hogwarts'.[4] Malfalda was supposed to be a Slytherin and who was to fill in the Rita Skeeter subplot, but eventually was removed as 'there were obvious limitations to what an eleven year old closeted at school could discover'. Rowling considered Rita Skeeter to be 'much more flexible'.[4] Rowling also admitted that the fourth book was the most difficult to write at the time, because she noticed a giant plot hole halfway through writing.[2] In particular, Rowling had trouble with the ninth chapter, 'The Dark Mark', which she rewrote 13 times.[5]
Themes[edit]
Jeff Jensen, who interviewed Rowling for Entertainment Weekly in 2000, pointed out that bigotry is a big theme in the Harry Potter novels and Goblet of Fire in particular. He mentioned how Voldemort and his followers are prejudiced against Muggles and how in Goblet of Fire Hermione forms a group to liberate Hogwarts' house-elves who have 'been indentured servants so long they lack desire for anything else'.[2] When asked why she explored this theme, Rowling replied,
Because bigotry is probably the thing I detest most. All forms of intolerance, the whole idea of that which is different from me is necessarily evil. I really like to explore the idea that difference is equal and good. But there's another idea that I like to explore, too. Oppressed groups are not, generally speaking, people who stand firmly together – no, sadly, they kind of subdivide among themselves and fight like hell. That's human nature, so that's what you see here. This world of wizards and witches, they're already ostracized, and then within themselves, they've formed a loathsome pecking order.[2]
She also commented that she did not feel this was too 'heavy' for children, as it was one of those things that a 'huge number of children at that age start to think about'.[2]
Publication and reception[edit]
UK/US release[edit]
Goblet of Fire was the first book in the Harry Potter series to be released in the United States on the same date as the United Kingdom, on 8 July 2000, strategically on a Saturday so children did not have to worry about school conflicting with buying the book.[1] It had a combined first-printing of over five million copies.[1] It was given a record-breaking print run of 3.9 million. Three million copies of the book were sold over the first weekend in the US alone.[6]FedEx dispatched more than 9,000 trucks and 100 planes to fulfil book deliveries.[7] The pressure in editing caused a mistake which shows Harry's father emerging first from Voldemort's wand; however, as confirmed in Prisoner of Azkaban, James died first, so then Harry's mother ought to have come out first.[8] This was corrected in later editions.[9]
Launch publicity[edit]
To publicise the book, a special train named Hogwarts Express was organised by Bloomsbury, and run from King's Cross to Perth, carrying J.K. Rowling, a consignment of books for her to sign and sell, also representatives of Bloomsbury and the press. The book was launched on 8 July 2000, on platform 1 at King's Cross – which had been given 'Platform 93⁄4' signs for the occasion – following which the train departed. En route it called at Didcot Railway Centre, Kidderminster, the Severn Valley Railway, Crewe (overnight stop), Manchester, Bradford, York, the National Railway Museum (overnight stop), Newcastle, Edinburgh, arriving at Perth on 11 July. The locomotive was West Country class steam locomotive no. 34027 Taw Valley, which was specially repainted red for the tour; it later returned to its normal green livery (the repaints were requested and paid for by Bloomsbury). The coaches of the train included a sleeping car. A Diesel locomotive was coupled at the other end, for use when reversals were necessary, such as the first stage of the journey as far as Ferme Park, just south of Hornsey. The tour generated considerably more press interest than the launch of the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad which was premiered in London the same weekend.[10][11][12]
Critical reception[edit]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has received mostly positive reviews. In The New York Times Book Review, author Stephen King stated the Goblet of Fire was 'every bit as good as Potters 1 through 3' and praised the humour and subplots, although he commented that 'there's also a moderately tiresome amount of adolescent squabbling..it's a teenage thing'.[13]Kirkus Reviews called it 'another grand tale of magic and mystery..and clicking along so smoothly that it seems shorter than it is'. However, they commented that it did tend to lag, especially at the end where two 'bad guys' stopped the action to give extended explanations, and that the issues to be resolved in sequels would leave 'many readers, particularly American ones, uncomfortable'.[14] For The Horn Book Magazine, Martha V. Parravano gave a mixed review, saying 'some will find [it] wide-ranging, compellingly written, and absorbing; others, long, rambling, and tortuously fraught with adverbs'.[15] A Publishers Weekly review praised the book's 'red herrings, the artful clues and tricky surprises that disarm the most attentive audience' and saying it 'might be her most thrilling yet.'[16] Writing for The New Yorker, Joan Acocella noted that 'where the prior volumes moved like lightning, here the pace is slower, the energy more dispersed. At the same time, the tone becomes more grim.'[17]
Kristin Lemmerman of CNN said that it is not great literature: 'Her prose has more in common with your typical beach-blanket fare and the beginning contained too much recap to introduce characters to new readers, although Rowling quickly gets back on track, introducing readers to a host of well-drawn new characters.'[18] Writing for Salon.com, Charles Taylor was generally positive about the change of mood and development of characters.[19]Entertainment Weekly's reviewer Kristen Baldwin gave Goblet of Fire the grade of A-, praising the development of the characters as well as the many themes presented. However, she did worry that a shocking climax may be a 'nightmare factory' for young readers.[20]
Awards and honours[edit]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won several awards, including the 2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[21] It won the 2002 Indian Paintbrush Book Award, the third after Philosopher's Stone and Prisoner of Azkaban.[22] The novel also won an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award for one of the best books, who claimed it was 'more intense than the first three books'.[23] In addition, Entertainment Weekly listed Goblet of Fire in second place on their list of The New Classics: Books – The 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008.[24]
Adaptations[edit]
Film[edit]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was adapted into a film, released worldwide on 18 November 2005, which was directed by Mike Newell and written by Steve Kloves. The film grossed $102.7 million for the opening weekend,[25] and eventually grossed $896 million worldwide.[26] The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction at the 78th Academy Awards.[27]
Video game[edit]
It was also made into a video game for PC, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation Portable by Electronic Arts. It was released just before the film.
Relation to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child[edit]
Much of the plot of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child involves revisiting scenes from Goblet of Fire, with younger protagonists born long after these events travelling back in time in a misguided effort to change history and save Cedric Diggory - which only leads to them damaging events in the present and worsening the situation.
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