In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling is a plot that has a lot of things happening with confusion, death, and dark magic. In this section from page 198 to page 294 Harry, Ron, and Lockhart figure out where the Chamber of secrets is located in Hogwarts. Harry is able to open the Chamber of secrets since he can speak Parasol tongue. Harry kills the beast and meets Tom Riddle in person. Harry also realizes that Tom Riddle is Voldemort, while he was in the Chamber of Secrets. Harry also manages to save Ginny. There are several reasons why Harry should be in syltheryn, a couple of the reasons are Harry can speak parasoltongue, the relation between Harry and Tom Riddle, and Harry’s own Characterics that are part of his personality.
Parasoltongue
The first time that Harry spoke parasoltongue is when Harry was at the zoo with Dudley, Petunia, and Vernon. Harry and Dudley was looking at a snake that was from Brazil. Dudley got bored and moved …show more content…
Since Harry can speak snake language which is something only the heir of Slytherin can do. During a conversion Ron told Harry “I heard you speaking Parseltongue,” (196) Harry got this ability when Voldemort tried to kill Harry. The only way you can open the Chamber of Secrets is by speaking parasol tongue at the correct sink. Harry said open up to the sink in parasoltongue Rowling says “Except that the words weren’t what he heard; a strange hissing had escaped him, and at once the tap glowed with a brilliant white light and began to spin. Next second, the sink began to move” (300) Harry would have been a perfect in Slytherin house but Harry had met Draco Malfoy who had been placed in Slytherin house before Harry was placed in Gryffindor. Since Harry was scared and didn’t like Malfoy so, when Harry was on the stool with the with the sorting hat on his head. Harry kept repeating not Slytherin, so Harry didn’t get placed in