summary of HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS novel by JK Rowling

Summer holiday, Harry is back to his worst uncle family. When he was back from hogward, his family treats him crueler than before. They think Harry wasn’t normal boy. Dursleys family did not expect Harry was back. Harry missed hogward so much
That was Harry’s twelfth birthday. Nobody comes, nobody sends card. He was bored there, he sing birthday song for his self. It is his worst birthday.

One evening, a strange creature comes to Harry. It was introducing its self, its Dobby.
Dobby was telling Harry that he may not be back to Hogward. It said that he must be in place that saved, if he is back to Hogward, he will be in danger. When Harry refused Dobby’s words, it hurts its self. It made Harry confused.
Dobby asked Harry to tell Dursley family that he wouldn’t be back to Hogward, but Harry won’t to, then Dobby tricked Dursley family to make Harry tell them. Harry used his wizard to save dursley family. Then harry got notice letter from hogward for his using magic out from the school. Dursley family locked Harry in his room.
In the evening, Harry waked up because a light. He saw it was Ron in outside the window

Ron picked Harry up with his father’s flying car. They were running away from Dorsey’s house to Ron house. Harry is welcomed by Ron’s mom, she’s very pleasant meeting Harry.

Harry, Ron and his older brother spent their holidays to practice quidditch on the hill, but they didn’t use a real quidditch ball, it will dangerous if it flew into the town.

Holiday almost ends. Harry,Ron and his brothers bought some books that is needed to students on second years. In the witch shop, Harry met Draco Malfoy and his father. Mr.Malfoy would buy racing broomstick to his son, he want Draco play Quidditch this year, to make Harry lost, but Draco seems didn’t interested.
Draco made trouble again. He affront to Harry that Harry was poor, didn’t have money to buy books. He also mock Ron’s parent, he said that Ron’s family would not eat for mounts to boy Ron books.
Harry also met Hagrid in the shop. He asked Harry why he didn’t reply his letter and Harry told hagrid about dursley and dobby.

The school day was coming. They were back to Hogward by Ron’s flying car because they left the train. Ron was driving the flying car, suddenly it had a trouble, and Ron can’t handle it. They fell into the tree. They were shocked because the tree they just hit attacked them. They were running to their car while the tree still hit them.
In the Hogward, Harry and Ron were invited by Snape to his room. His room is very dark and scary. He asked them why didn’t they in the train, and how was the flying car. Snape was angry because he read the paper news that write about people who see flying old car in London. He was also angry because they hit the whom ping willow, the name of the tree that can hit. Professor
McGonagall and Dumbledor come. They also angry to them, Harry never seen they were very angry like this before. Harry afraid to look at Dombledor, Harry explain the reason why they didn’t go by the train, it because they were late to come to the train station and left the train.

News of Harry and flying car is heard by all students in Hogward. They thought that was wonderful, that new will be talked by people for years.

One day, the owls brought red envelopes for Ron. That was from Ron’s grandfather. On his letter he wrote that he was angry because Ron steeled his car. After Ron finishing read the letter, it burst into flames and curled into ashes.

The other day, Harry and his class mate have chance to go to greenhouse. Over there Professor Sprout showed them a plant, called Mandrake. It is an antique plan, its crying is dangerous. Someone who can plant it will get two thumbs up from professor Sprout.

When Harry had lunch, Collin (Harry’s fans) asked him to take his picture as the proved that he ever met Harry. He said that he know everything about Harry. But Malfoy come, make trouble to Harry again.

In different class, Harry and friends learned to face their own fear. Lockhart is the teacher. He had a cage that if its door opened, it will show the fear factor of the user. Student have to change their fear factor become a funny thing for them. Students tried one by one.

Day by day, Collin always follows Harry. Everywhere Harry was, he always there. He asked everything to Harry. Harry dislikes him.

Harry always practicing Quidditch with his team, his leader always teaches him new move tricks. When they where practicing Quidditch, the opponent team came, they introduce their new seeker in their team, he was Draco Malfoy.
Everyone hate him, he always called Ron and Hermione as Mudblood, that’s non magic parent. Ron angry Malfoy call him like that, they had a fight. Ron got stomachs. Harry and Hermione brought him to Hagrid’s home. After Hagrid healed Ron, he showed them what he have plant. He has very big pumpkins. They are the biggest pumpkin they ever see.

The punishment of against the plant come, Ron has to clean the floor and Harry has to help Professor Lockhart answer his fans mails.

The next morning, Harry came to Professor Lockhart room. Harry wrote hundreds mail reply. He was very tired when he heard strange voice that said he will kill Harry but Professor Lockhart didn’t hear any voice.

One day Nick invited Harry, Ron and Hermione to join his Halloween party.
The party day come, Harry and his both friend join it. They enjoyed it, they are dancing in the dance floor with many flying ghosts around them. Myrtle, a toilet ghost also join the party, Hermione dislike her. She always was looking at the girls who have a pee in the toilet.
They are bored in the party, they went out from the room. But when they walked in the corridor, Harry hear strange voice again, “tear, kill”, but both Harry’s friend didn’t hear anything. Harry heard that the voice moved and he followed it. Harry get his ear close to the wall, he hear that somebody will be killed.
In the end of corridor, they saw Mrs. Norris’s cat died, hanging with the rope. They want to go when other students came.

Dumbledor asked them to come to his room. He said to them that Mrs. Norris’s cat didn’t die, it just frozen. But Harry and friend didn’t do that, the dark magic is the only one who can do that.

The next day, they were looking for the story about the chamber of secret. They read the whole books in the library.
The bell rang, they had a History of Magic class with professor Binn. They were bored as usual until Hermione asked him about the chamber of secret and Professor Binn told them. Hundreds years ago, four witches built a castle (Hogward) to teach magic. They were gathering together shared their magic until one of them had disagreement for accepting student. He argued that students who accepted in Hogward must have a pure-blood. He built one chamber of secret without the other intention. Story told that only his heir who can open that chamber.

After having dinner, Harry and his both friend were talking along the corridor, they see a message on the wall “chamber of secret has opened”. They looked for the other clue, but they didn’t see anything. Suddenly, water flow in the floor, they see that was from girl toilet. That’s from Myrtle, a toilet ghost.

They suspected Malfoy is they heir. Because he always proud of his family pure-blood and hate mud-blood. They didn’t have any prove, so they will find the proof.

They borrow a guiding magic book from the library, they looking for magic formula to change body into the other body.

Quidditch game day came. That was raining, Harry’s team was loss in first half game. They let Harry catch the Snitch, that’s a strategy to win. Harry flew zigzag, roll, and swoop to catch. Harry’s arm was break, when he caught the snitch and Harry’ team was the winner. Harry was brought to the wing’s hospital, Hermione and Ron were carrying him.
When Harry was conscious, he looked Dobby in his side. Dobby wanted save Harry, he wanted Harry went home. He made Harry was left by the train, he made Harry’s arm broke to be sent home. Dobby worried that Harry will get dangerous because chamber of secret has opened again.

After dinner, Professor Lockhart and Snape give defend lesson to the students. They practice duel fight magic. And then Snape asked Harry to duel with Malfoy. Professor Lockhart count to three, but Malfoy had been play when the count to two. Harry hurt. Without spent much time, Harry swung his wand and spell the magic formula. A jet of silver light hit Malfoy stomach. Malfoy swung again and appearing a boa snake. The snake become wild, it attacked the students, Harry spoke to the snake not to attacked student. People look Harry is strange can speak snake language.

The next morning, people were talking about Harry. They wondered harry was the heir, because he can speak snake language alike Slytherin

Christmas coming, Harry and friend tend to deciding stay hogward than visited Egypt with Weasley’s family.

Harry and Friends did their plans to proving that Malfoy is heir of slytherin. Harry and Ron change them selves become malfoy’s friends. They have a chat in malfoy room, he mock Harry and friend that they are mud blood. He also told that chamber of secret has opened and it will kill mud blood student, he hope that was Hermione. Harry as Malfoy’s friend asked Malfoy who was open the chamber of secret, he answer that was a prisoner of Azkaban, the wizard prison.

Harry and Ron found an interesting book from gosh toilet girl. Riddle diary. They think that book will told them everything about chamber of secret because that book was fifty years ago, like the chamber of secret firstly opened. But the book was blank. It’s disappointed them.

In the night before Harry sleep, he tried to write on the Diary. He wrote –My name is Harry Potter-, suddenly the writing appear, answer Harry’s writing –Hallo Harry, I’m Riddles. Harry asked everything about chamber of secret and Riddles answer from his Diary. Fifty years ago a monster in the chamber of secret also killed a mud blood student in Hogwart. Suddenly harry was brought to somewhere else, it was like Dumbledor office, but it was not Dumbledor who sitting there. Harry is back into fifty years ago era. Harry spoke to him but he ignored him. Harry realized maybe he was invisible. In that room, Harry saw Riddles spoke to the man who sitting, he was the head master of Hogward in that era. Riddles asked to the headmaster to stay hogward along holyday but the headmaster didn’t allow him because the chamber of secret was open, and it will be dangerous for him (a muggle blood).
After they have a chat, Riddles went to his room, on the way he saw his huge friend had a fight with the creature. That was Hagrid. He opened the chamber of secret fifty years ago. But he didn’t mean to open it and kill anybody.

Quidditch game is cancelled. Students is asked to they in the hall because the dangerous condition. With invisibility cloak, Harry and Ron visited Hagrid house. They want asked Hagrid when the door is knocked. That was Dumbledor. They wear their cloak again.

Next evening, Harry and Ron went to the forbidden forest with Harry’s father invisibility cloak, asked help to Hagrid friends, the giant spiders. Harry told the spider that Hagrid is in trouble, he is sent to the Azkaban because he was suspected open the chamber of secret like fifty years ago. In fact Hagrid never opened the chamber of secret, he just wanted to save the giant spider. But people think he did it and the spider is the monster in it that kill mud blood student.

The next day, Harry and Ron went to hospital wing to see Hermione, she never woke up since something attack her. Harry see something in her hand. A paper. He read the paper and the question is answered. Hermione found the answer so she was attacked. A creature in the chamber of secret is a snake, that’s why Harry is the only one who can hear the voice because he was the only one who understood snake language.

When they have dinner, proff McGonagall announce the student that they have to go home tomorrow. She also said that they have found that Ginny Weasley is the one who opened the chamber of secret, now she is brought to the chamber of secret by the monster in it.

Harry, Ron and Lockhart went to girl’s toilet to ask the toilet ghost about the snake. She say that the pipe in front of the toilet will bring them saw the huge snake, a monster that live in chamber of secret.
They went to the pipe then fall into the dark room. They saw a huge snake and frozen Ginny. Harry want to save Ginny but the snake attack him, they had a fight.

When Harry get frozen Ginny, Ton Riddle came. Riddle didn’t help them. He said that Ginny open the chamber of secret because she found his Diary and begin respect to Riddle. So she sacrificed his soul to Riddle. And Ginny is the one who wrote on the wall, hanging the cat and kill on student with mud blood. Ginny has told everything about Harry, that’s make Riddle want meet him so much.

Riddle through his wand, it wrote the letter Tom Marvolo Riddle became I am Lord Voldemort. Voldemort use Riddle name to entering Hogward.

Suddenly voldemor felt hurt, that’s because a sound of music, it was from Dumbledore bird.
Then he asked the huge snake to against Harry again. Harry is through away by the snake. The phonix (Dumbledore bird) helped Harry. Phonix cried its tear healed Harry injured.

Without considering Harry stuck Riddle diary with the huge snake fang. Blood and ink blew from it, Voldemort scream and gone.

Ginny conscious, she said sorry to Harry because of her mistake, but she never meant to do those things. Riddle has controlled her mind.
Then Harry brought her out from the chamber. Ron was happy looking his sister was alright.

The next day professor McGonagall asked Harry about his action and he told everything to her.
Dumbledore gave reward for Harry and Ron of saving Hogward although they have broke several rules.

Dumbledore said to harry that when he was child, voldemort gave a part of his power to Harry. One of that is ability to speak snake language.

Dumbledore asked Harry to take a rest while he writes a letter to Azkaban to get Hagrid back.

Mr. Malfoy is the one who gave that diary to Ginny, so Harry gave it back to him but he throw it away and Dobby catch it so that Dobby was free from enslavement.