Harry is entering his fifth year at Hogwarts. He has been struggling all summer with the return of Lord Voldemort, but the Ministry of Magic deny the threat. Harry joins a secret group, the Order of the Phoenix, which was created years ago by his parents and his godfather, to fight Voldemort. At school, he faces increasing challenges, including the cruel new teacher, Dolores Umbridge, the dismissal of Dumbledore, and visions of Voldemort’s plans, as if he were in his head. The story ends with a fight at the Ministry between Death Eaters, Harry and his friends, and members of the Order of Phoenix. This episode includes a character that I like a lot, Luna Lovegood, and a frightening Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. This story remains highly enjoyable.
“- Don’t you understand how she must be feeling? Well, obviously she’s feeling sad about Cedric, and therefore confused about liking Harry and guilty about kissing him. Conflicted because Umbridge is threatening to sack her mother from her job at the Ministry and frightened of failing her O.W.L.’s because she’s so busy worrying about everything else.
– One person couldn’t feel all that, they’d explode!
– Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon…”