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bit more analysis; closer to standard
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bit more analysis: why does everyone travel on the Express?
Dòng 15:
{{Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Beginner Spoiler}}
 
'''''Platform Nine and Three Quarters''''' is reached by leaning against, or running through, the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross Station. It is apparently physically located within the confines of the station, though perhaps at a lower level, as the train does seem to pass through an appropriate area of London as it leaves the city. Leaving the platform is generally done by walking through an archway, and a wizard railway guard allows only a few students through at a time to prevent alarming the Muggles when a large number of students appear through a solid brick wall.
 
The platform has been used in the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Prisoner of Azkaban/Chapter 5|third]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet of Fire/Chapter 12|fourth]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 10|fifth]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 7|sixth]] year, as the place for last-minute questions and warnings, as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] depart the place they have been through the summer for another year at Hogwarts. In the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's Stone/Chapter 6|first year]], of course, it was the stage for the initial meeting between the Weasley children then attending Hogwarts (Ron, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Fred and George Weasley|Fred, George]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Percy Weasley|Percy]]), and Harry; it proved inaccessible in the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Chamber of Secrets/Chapter 5|second year]] due to the well-intentioned but misguided actions of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Dobby|Dobby]] the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/House Elf|house-elf]]; and as Harry did not attend school in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows|his seventh year]], we never reached this platform.
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The reverse transition, of course, happens in the other direction. Stepping off the train and onto the platform is a return to the world of the underage wizard, a return to the world where magic must be repressed or hidden for fear of frightening the Muggles. We see, in each of the first five books, Harry's reluctance to approach that transition, to return to the unexciting life he perforce must share with the Dursleys.
 
There is some question, of course, as to why so many students travel on the Express. London is in the south of England, and Hogwarts is in the north. Would it not make sense for students who live further to the north, like [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Seamus Finnigan|Seamus Finnigan]], who is apparently Irish, to travel directly to Hogwarts, rather than detouring far to the south to London and then heading back north to Scotland? This question is never addressed, though it may be worth pointing out that a lot of the English rail network is what is called a "hub and spoke" topology. For reasons dating back to the early days of the railroads, it seems that almost all railroads run to or from one of the several London stations, with relatively few interconnections. It may be simpler to connect with the Express in London than to try and find a train that runs in a more direct manner, particularly since Hogsmeade, as an all-magical village, likely does not appear on many rail schedules.
 
== Questions ==
Hàng 33 ⟶ 35:
{{Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Intermediate Spoiler}}
 
In the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows|seventh and final book]], of course, Harry does not attend school, and so thisthe transition from Muggle to Wizarding worlds does not occur. However, in the opening chapters of that book, Harry reaches his seventeenth birthday and comes of age. At this point, he is allowed to do magic on his own, and so the transition from repression to encouragement of magic does not require boarding the Hogwarts Express. As he has also left [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Privet Drive|the Dursley house]] for the last time, there have already been fairly major transitions, so adding another one would be superfluous.
 
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