Summary for Harry Potter and the goblet of fire

Summary for Harry Potter and the goblet of fire

Part 1

The novel starts with Harry witnessing, in a dream, the murder of a Muggle named Frank Bryce at

the hands of Voldemort. He awakes with a searing pain in the lightning-bolt scar on his forehead.

The next day the Weasleys take Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup using a magical

teleportation object called a Portkey. There, Harry meets Cedric Diggory, who attends the game

with his father, Amos Diggory. After the match, the Death Eaters, (Voldemort’s followers), attack the

site, causing havoc. The Dark Mark gets fired into the sky, which causes panic since it’s the first

time it has been seen in over thirteen years. Winky, Barty Crouch Sr.’s house-elf, is blamed for c-

asting the Mark after she is found holding Harry’s wand, which was used to cast the Dark Mark

The trio returns to Hogwarts, where ex-Auror Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody will be teaching  Defense

Against the Dark Arts. Albus Dumbledore announces that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tour-

nament, open only to students over the age of seventeen, and the prize for winning the tournament

is one thousand gold Galleons. It will be the first time in two hundred years that the tournament

has been held. Students from Beauxbatons Academy and Durmstrang Institute traveled to Hog-

warts and stayed the entire year during the completion.

Students who hope to participate must place their names in the Goblet of Fire. On Halloween nig-

ht, the Goblet picks Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, and Cedric Diggory, representing Beauxbatons,

Durmstrang, and Hogwarts. The Goblet also gives a fourth name, Harry Potter, causing controve-

rsy and suspicion since Harry is underage. Ron refuses to speak to Harry because he is jealous

that Harry is once again in the spotlight.

Hagrid tells Harry that the first task involves dragons and that Fleur and Viktor likely already know

about it. Harry communicates the information to Cedric in order to keep a level playing field. For

the first task, Harry has to pass a Hungarian Horntail to retrieve a golden egg, containing a hint

about the next task. Harry succeeds by summoning his Firebolt broomstick with the Summoning

Spell, and finishes the task tying for first place with Viktor. Ron reconciles with Harry after realizing

the dangers of the Tournament. When Harry opens the egg, it shrieks loudly.

Meanwhile, a reporter named Rita Skeeter is writing scandalous articles and embellished rumors

in the Daily Prophet about Hogwarts, Hermione, Harry, Hagrid, and the Headmistress of Beauxb-

atons.

The Yule Ball is approaching and Harry has to take someone with him, so he askes Cho Chang,

but she informs him that Cedric has already asked her. Harry eventually asks Parvati Patil and

Ron takes her twin sister Padma. During the Yule Ball, Ron is shocked and jealous to see that

Hermione attends the Ball with Viktor Krum. Cedric tells Harry that to open the egg, he needs to

take it to the prefects’ bathroom. Harry ignores him due to his jealousy over Cho.

However, as the challenge nears, Harry swallows his pride and takes the egg to the prefects’

bathroom, where Moaning Myrtle tells him that he needs to submerge it in order to understand the

song. He realizes that the next task will take place underwater, so he begins looking for spells

that would allow him to breathe underwater.

By the morning of the task, Harry hasn’t found a spell, but Dobby gives him Gillyweed, which

gives Harry gills when he eats it. The third task takes place in the Black Lake and it involves sav-

ing the person each champion cares about the most. Underwater, Harry looks at Ron and Hermio-

ne, unsure which one he is supposed to pick. Viktor takes Hermione to the surface. He completes

the task, finishing in third place, by rescuing Ron from under the lake and saving Gabrielle,

Fleur’s sister. After the judges tally the votes they award him second place, giving him more

points for saving Gabrielle.

One month before the final task, Harry and Krum are talking when they encounter Barty Crouch

Sr., who looks to have gone insane, but tells Harry to get Dumbledore.