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Posts: 657 · Posted: January 13, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: Chapter by chapter analisis

I did it with "PS", so I'll do it for the rest.

The Worst Birthday
This occurs on Harry's Birthday. A Friday. No errors.

Dobby's Warning
Harry's Birthday at the start. Then it draws out to August 4th. A Tuesday (yes that's important).

The Burrow
August 4th and 5th. In the chapter, Mrs. Weasley mentions that she'd have gone to get Harry, come Monday (making it important that it wasn't).

At Flourish and Blotts
It's a week after Harry arrived at the Burrow on a Wednesday (August 12th), which is about right. Oddly, Ginny's Birthday on the previous day goes unmentioned. Oh well.

The Whomping Willow and Gilderoy Lockhart
These occured on September 1st and 2nd. Once again, no errors. Just wait. They're coming.

Mudbloods and Murmurs
The first Saturday of the term (the 5th). No errors here either.

The Deathday Party
The first scene of the chapter occures a week before Halloween (the 24th of October), fallowed by the 31st (both Saturdays, though that's unimportant). Sir Nicholous died on October 31st of 1492. This being his 500th Deathday, makes it 1992. But you already knew that, didn't you?

The Writing on the Wall
October 31st to November 4th. No errors yet...

The Rogue Bludger and The Dueling Club
November 6th and 7th are covered in the first of these chapters. The second one goes on from the 8th to December 16th. Still haven't found any errors.

Polyjuice Potion
This may seem pointless now. Asside from one scene, this is purely on Christmas.

The Very Secret Diary
This one starts on the 8th of January and continues to Vallintine's Day. Now here's a constant error for Rowling: misplacing Vallintine's Day. This time the kids have classes when Vallintine's Day was on a Sunday. In a later book, she mistakenly places V-Day on a Saturday when it occured on a Wednesday. So I'll just cheat it and say Wizzards recognize Vallintine's Day on the 17th of Febuary. Any objections to that?

Cornelius Fudge
Starting off right after Valintine's Day and ending on April 24th. No errors.

Aragog
This would be on May 10th to 12th. However two errors exist on this chapter. Try as I might, there is no way double Potions in the morning comes right before double Herbology. And Defense Against the Dark Arts doesn't come after Herbology either.

The Chamber of Secrets
May 13th-June 3rd. Another error occures. Near the end of the chapter, it says that Harry's first class is Transfiguration before History of Magic. This contradicts with previous information. Sorry I didn't write it down (I can't do everything).

The Heir of Slytherin and Dobby's Reward
Both start off on June 3rd. The last chapter, of course, goes on to the train-ride home. The end.
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