Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Setting Mood How it affects the story
The Orphanage Boring (? Anyways, Voldemort hates this place), maybe trapped? I think Voldemort might hate muggles because if the dad didn’t leave the mom he might not have to go to the Orphanage at all. So maybe he thinks they’re selfish or something.
Privet Drive Dislike (I think Harry mostly don’t like the Dursleys, so most of the disliking-ness goes to them.) This is like Harry’s version of the Orphanage; he likes Hogwarts way better. If Voldemort never killed his parents then he might have lived with them instead; he lost an entire life (technically) because of Voldemort, and that thought (if he ever had it) would make him want to defeat Voldemort more.
Hogwarts Happy (this is the first place both Harry and Voldemort has ever been happy in) If Voldemort hadn’t felt such a strong tie to this place then he might’ve chosen some other objects as Horcruxes, and then they’ll have to hunt down some other objects and it might be harder to predict what objects are Horcruxes.
The Cave Alert, Danger, maybe fear This is the place a Horcrux is (was) hidden; this shows that Voldemort puts his Horcruxes in places he feels (somewhat) attached to. I mean, he terrorized several kids down here.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Setting Mood How it affects the story
The Tent (Do that count?) Safety The tent is the thing that provides shelter when they’re on the run; it made it more or less easier.
Hogwarts Danger, death, grief (because people died)(before Harry turned himself in), and happiness (after Voldemort died) This is the place where the final battle is fought (the climax), and where the story ends. I know usually it is in a (fairly) happy mood, but the only time Harry had been in here (in this book) is when the battle is fought, so…

For this unit I decided to read the last two books of the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I think these two books are the near-climax parts of the story (and the Order Of The Phoenix, but I didn’t have time to read that), and I especially like the Deathly Hallows because there’s a lot of action (I don’t know why but the Battle Of Hogwarts part made me laugh). It’s genius how a castle can put up so many defenses. I tried to convey the moods in the pictures (up there), but I think Privet Drive is too colorful. The Orphanage is grey enough though. Credits to cooltext.com for the text in the pictures (I have to find something see-able so I can’t draw it or else it would just blend in). I never really thought about this kind of stuff before when I read. I just make predictions or try to figure out who’s my favorite character. Visualizing the scenes help though. I mean, the Orphanage is grey and grey basically means boring. It looks like a jail before I added the grass and the car. That’s what the mood is, right? Trapped? I won’t be want to go back there if I lived there for 11 years. The sunlight in the first Hogwarts picture makes me feel sunny, so I guess that’s kind of like happy? Privet Drive is way to colorful but then again Harry just probably don’t like the Dursleys… but it’s too muggle anyways. I made the tent glow to indicate safety, because that’s what the mood is supposed to be. I’m not sure about the Cave though… I combined the pictures with the charts and it helps me understand the places a bit more.