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[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Argus Filch|Filch]] appears and immediately accuses [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] of killing his cat. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]] and several other teachers' arrival defuses the situation. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Gilderoy Lockhart|Professor Lockhart]] volunteers his office so Dumbledore can examine [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Mrs. Norris|Mrs. Norris]]. Filch, Harry, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] are asked to accompany him, while Professors Lockhart, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Severus Snape|Snape]] tag along. While Lockhart babbles on about deaths he has prevented, Dumbledore examines Mrs. Norris, concluding she is still alive, but Petrified, and that Harry is not responsible. Filch still believes that Harry must be involved because he knows Filch is a Squib, though Harry does not know what that is. Snape suggests that while Harry, Ron, and Hermione were possibly just in the wrong place at the wrong time, their absence during the Hallowe'en feast is suspicious. They explain that they were at the Deathday party. Harry, wanting to avoid revealing that he heard voices, gives a rather flimsy excuse for why they skipped the Feast afterwards. Snape, suspecting he is lying, suggests punishment for dishonesty, but is overruled by McGonagall and Dumbledore, much to Filch's disappointment. Ron explains later that a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Squib|Squib]] is a non-magical person born to wizard parents.
 
The Chamber's possible opening causes some students to behave differently: [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Justin Finch-Fletchley|Justin Finch-Fletchley]] avoids Harry, and Hermione, among other things, spends all her time in the library. Harry goes there to speak with Ron and finds Hermione is upset because there are no copies of ''Hogwarts: A History'' available. In their next class, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/History of Magic|History of Magic]] with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Professor Binns|Professor Binns]], she persuades the old ghost to recount the Chamber of Secrets legend.
 
Binns explains that over a thousand years ago, the school's four founders, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Godric Gryffindor|Godric Gryffindor]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Salazar Slytherin|Salazar Slytherin]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rowena Ravenclaw|Rowena Ravenclaw]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Helga Hufflepuff|Helga Hufflepuff]] had a falling out over whether Muggle-borns and Muggles' descendants (half-bloods) should be admitted to Hogwarts. Slytherin alone believed only pure-bloods should learn magic, and he left the school when the others rejected his beliefs. According to the legend, he created a secret Chamber beneath Hogwarts and hid a monster within it. Only Slytherin's true Heir can control the monster or open the Chamber. Although the Chamber has never been found, Binns is unable to convince the class it does not exist.
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== Analysis ==
 
Although Filch is a minor character, he serves an important function in this chapter for several reasons. First, we see the pay-off to the set-up the author made when Filch's Kwikspell course was previously discovered. Filch is a Squib, which is why he bought a beginner's magic course. Squibs, who are born into wizard families but lack any magical powers, are educated differently than Wizards, leavingwhich has left Filch a bitter man. Year after year, he sees children, possibly some from his own family, enter Hogwarts, be trained in the magic he can never know, then leave for careers he possibly once dreamed of, while he always remainingremains behind. Being a Squib is a horrible half-life, knowing the magic world exists, but despite being surrounded by it, but unable to participate magically. And while Filch's attempt to learn magic seems a desperate act, it may not be entirely futile; the author has stated in interviews that in rare instances, a person's magical ability can suddenly appear later in life. Filch may be harboring such a hope, though, at his age, that possibility is virtually non-existent.
 
Filch's character also spotlights the multi-layered class divisions that exists within wizard society; human wizards top the hierarchy, while Squibs and non-human magical creatures occupy the descending levels. Readers have also seen that some wizards, like the Malfoys, believe an even finer distinction exists within the wizard strata, with pure-blooded wizards superior to Half-bloods and Muggle-borns. And among purebreds, theythere believeseems to be the belief that those with wealth and power reside at the apex. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other characters continually encounter these social and racial prejudices.
 
Another recurring theme throughout the series that Filch's character focuses on: how innocent and vulnerable people (and non-humans) are easily accused of and punished for crimes they never committed. Here, Filch, already biased against Harry (and most students), claims Harry petrified his cat, Mrs. Norris, even though there is no evidence other than Harry's early arrival on the scene. Fortunately for Harry, the Hogwarts faculty dismiss Filch's unfounded accusations. However, later in the series, Harry will again find himself implicated in various incidents based on faulty evidence or accusations that he is an attention-seeking liar by an indifferent and complacent Ministry of Magic. This injustice later extends to other characters, who, betrayed or manipulated by someone, are disbelieved and/or punished for crimes they never committed. Harry continually finds himself confronting a legal system that seems bent on obtaining image-enhancing results rather than uncovering inconvenient truths. He will also learn that individuals who wield power and wealth are usually considered more credible than their everyday counterparts, often enabling them to influence events to their advantage. Readers can also see that merely making an accusation can often bias others into accepting it as bona fide fact, as when students almost immediately begin drawing pro and con opinions regarding Harry as the Heir of Slytherin.▼
 
The story's core plot line is also revealed here. Though Binns states the Chamber of Secrets does not exist, and that multiple headmasters spent years searching for it without finding so much as a Broom-closet of Secrets, it is evident to the reader, as well as the students, that the Chamber does exist and a monster dwells within. There could be few, if any, other possible explanations for Mrs. Norris being Petrified.
 
A bit more insight into Gilderoy Lockhart is offered here. Inside his office, we see his pictures whisk themselves from their frames, hiding, when Harry and the others enter; some, overcome by curiosity, reappear later, and Harry notes a few are wearing hairnets. This may reflect something about Lockhart's true nature. Lockhart himself, rather than helping with the investigation, babbles on about deaths he has supposedly prevented. When Mrs. Norris is found to be merely petrified, Lockhart suggests that he could whip up a restorative potion in short order, though he never does so. This boast irritates Snape, who of course, as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Potions|Potions]] master, would assume any potion-making task to be his.
 
This also highlights Snape's dislike for Lockhart. By now, most teachers have probably dismissed Lockhart as a fraud, and Snape likely shares that opinion. We suspect Professor Dumbledore is also aware, and may have hired Lockhart because he was the only applicant (according to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]). Considering that Snape, according to rumour, has always desired that position, it seems particularly revealing that Dumbledore would instead hire someone as incompetent as Lockhart rather than appoint Snape. We should also note that Snape was particularly irritated by Harry's fame in the previous book; it was Harry's celebrity that Snape dwelt on in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's Stone/Chapter 8|Harry's first Potions lesson]]. Harry avoids the spotlight, but Lockhart doesfollows notit, and almost everything he does is aimed at gaining him more attention. This can only increase Snape's dislike of Lockhart, a dislike heightened even more by Lockhart's self-serving attempt to usurp Snape's duties.
 
== Questions ==
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While Harry, Hermione and Ron are examining the area where Mrs. Norris was found, they notice some strangely-behaving spiders. Ron admits he fears spiders, which is confirmed later in this book, and also in the next two books: by his [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Boggart|Boggart]] in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Prisoner of Azkaban|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']], and his behavior during [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Alastor Moody|Mad-Eye Moody’s]] [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Unforgivable Curses|Unforgivable Curse]] demonstration in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet of Fire/Chapter 14|''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'']]. The spiders' peculiar behavior here gives a clue about the monster Slytherin concealed within the Chamber.
 
Percy penalizesclaims that he is penalizing Harry and Ron House points despite [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Prefects|Prefects]] lacking this power. It is possible, however, that anyone challenging Percy's over-inflated ego and self-importance, as Ron does here, causes Percy to react by threatening that he is docking House points. It may also be that the prefects, reporting any misbehavior to the House Head, can recommend docking points. While that may be what Percy intended, technically, he apparently has overstepped his bounds. In an interview, the author stated that Percy is more likely to be right than Ron, who said in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 28|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']] that prefects could not dock House points; she also reinforced this statement [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=40 on her official web site]. Against this, however, we must mention that Draco Malfoy, then a prefect in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', agreed that prefects could not dock House points. One can be sure that if Draco were able to dock House points from Gryffindors, he would, and as a member of the Inquisitorial Squad he was allowed to, and did. In this particular case, it makes more sense that Percy is overstepping his boundaries through over-officiousness, a very Percy-like trait, than to have Draco later refrain from abusing a power he has been given.
 
One must wonder about Professor Binns' vehement denial that the Chamber of Secrets exists. We will learn that the Chamber had been opened some fifty years previously, and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Armando Dippet|Headmaster Dippet]] considered closing the school as a result. While it is possible this was before Professor Binns joined the school, that seems unlikely; Binns' apparent refusal to teach anything later than about the nineteenth century argues for his having been a teacher for many more years than a mere fifty.
 
There is an interesting side note to this. Professor Binns tells the class that, according to the legend, only the true Heir of Slytherin can open the Chamber of Secrets. This part, at least, will be proved wrong. Not only does Harry open it later in this book by speaking [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Parseltongue|Parseltongue (snake language)]], but presumably Ginny Weasley, controlled by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Tom Marvolo Riddle|Tom Riddle's]] memory, must have been instructed by Riddle on how to open it. Much later in the series, in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 31|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'']], Ron will also open the Chamber by repeating the same Parseltongue words he heard Harry speaking when he unlatched Slytherin's Locket [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Horcrux|Horcrux]]. This suggests a great conceit by Slytherin, in that he apparently believed that only his heirs would be able to effectively speak Parseltongue. And while it could technically be argued that Voldemort's small soul portions residing within Harry and Ginny—Harry through his scar and Ginny through the Diary—gave them this ability, Ron had no such connection. Also, consideringConsidering how interconnected the many Wizarding families are, some, including Harry and the Weasleys, could be descended from Salazar Slytherin's family. Even though this connection may be quite diluted and even indirect, it may still be enough to open the Chamber. Ron, however, attributes his limited ability to simply mimicry of what Harry had done to open Slytherin's locket.
 
This conceit will be mirrored later by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]], who, smugly believing only he knows about the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Room of Requirement|Room of Requirement]] at Hogwarts, uses it to hide a Horcrux. Dobby, however, will suggest to Harry (in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 18|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']]) that he use this room for his secret [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Dumbledore's Army|Dumbledore's Army]] meetings, which he does. Dobby gives the impression that this room is well-known to the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/House Elf|House-elf]] population of Hogwarts.
 
While Mr. Filch is consumed with bitterness over being a Squib, not all such non-magical persons are so resentful; presumably some even marry Witches or Wizards and can produce magical offspring, just as a Muggle married to a magical spouse can. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Arabella Figg|Mrs. Figg]], Harry's neighbor, is also a Squib who, unbeknown to Harry just yet, has been helping to guard him at [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Privet Drive|Privet Drive]]. It will be learned much later that she also belongs to the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]], a secret organization dedicated to fighting Voldemort. While Squibs are often encouraged to integrate themselves into Muggle society, Mrs. Figg has apparently adjusted to her non-magical status and is useful to Dumbledore. She apparently ekes out a living in the Wizarding world by breeding her unusual cats, which may be [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Kneazle|Kneazles]] or cat-Kneazle crossbreeds, that she presumably sells to wizards. Hermione's cat, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Crookshanks|Crookshanks]], that she purchases in the next book, is likely such a creature, and plays an important role in its plot.
 
▲Another recurring theme throughout the series that Filch's character focuses on: howis that innocent and vulnerable people (and non-humans) are easily accused of and punished for crimes they never committed. Here, Filch, already biased against Harry (and most students), claims Harry petrified his cat, Mrs. Norris, even though there is no evidence other than Harry's early arrival on the scene. Fortunately for Harry, the Hogwarts faculty dismiss Filch's unfounded accusations. However, later in the series, Harry will again find himself implicated in various incidents based on faulty evidence or accusations that he is an attention-seeking liar by an indifferent and complacent Ministry of Magic. This injustice later extends to other characters, who, betrayed or manipulated by someone, are disbelieved and/or punished for crimes they never committed. Harry continually finds himself confronting a legal system that seems bent on obtaining image-enhancing results rather than uncovering inconvenient truths. He will also learn that individuals who wield power and wealth are usually considered more credible than their everyday counterparts, often enabling them to influence events to their advantage. Readers can also see that merely making an accusation can often bias others into accepting it as bona fide fact, as when students almost immediately begin drawing pro and con opinions regarding Harry as the Heir of Slytherin.
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