As the Harry Potter series develops towards its operatic conclusion of good versus evil, the borders between the magical world and the non-magical world become indistinct. Humans become subjected to a series of magical attacks from Voldemort and his followers in defiance of the magical and non-magical boundaries previously maintained between the two worlds. Harry and his friends are forced to go on the run to preserve their safety, subsequently existing in the boundaries between both societies whilst never being able to wholly engage with either for the fear of being discovered.
The chaotic state of the magical world inevitably impacts upon Platform 9 ¾; a key transitory space between the magical and human worlds. A brief precursor of this …show more content…
Here Platform 9 ¾ provides a buttress to the main narrative. It appears briefly at the beginning and end of the novel; reconnecting Harry with Hogwarts after he runs away from home (57-59) and subsequently facilitates his empowered return to his blood relatives at the end of term (316). The following novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2002) sees Platform 9 ¾ recede dramatically from the text with a sole reference (635) located at the end of the book. Again, the platform is directly connected towards Harry's return to his relatives' home. The last three books in the series Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) trace Harry's subsequent emancipation from his relatives and subsequent maturation into adulthood. He leaves school, thereby erasing one of the key functions of the platform. Following this, the platform and King's Cross station makes cursory appearances through the following novels acting primarily as a device of geographical reference. Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place is located "twenty minutes" from King's Cross (Rowling, 2003 : 165). Locating Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place in reference to King's Cross directly connects the two, thereby positioning the apparent safe house as a site of transit, rather than its perceived sanctuary. This comes to pass in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) which sees Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place be discovered and made unsafe for Harry and his friends to
The chaotic state of the magical world inevitably impacts upon Platform 9 ¾; a key transitory space between the magical and human worlds. A brief precursor of this …show more content…
Here Platform 9 ¾ provides a buttress to the main narrative. It appears briefly at the beginning and end of the novel; reconnecting Harry with Hogwarts after he runs away from home (57-59) and subsequently facilitates his empowered return to his blood relatives at the end of term (316). The following novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2002) sees Platform 9 ¾ recede dramatically from the text with a sole reference (635) located at the end of the book. Again, the platform is directly connected towards Harry's return to his relatives' home. The last three books in the series Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) trace Harry's subsequent emancipation from his relatives and subsequent maturation into adulthood. He leaves school, thereby erasing one of the key functions of the platform. Following this, the platform and King's Cross station makes cursory appearances through the following novels acting primarily as a device of geographical reference. Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place is located "twenty minutes" from King's Cross (Rowling, 2003 : 165). Locating Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place in reference to King's Cross directly connects the two, thereby positioning the apparent safe house as a site of transit, rather than its perceived sanctuary. This comes to pass in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) which sees Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place be discovered and made unsafe for Harry and his friends to