Mistakes in Harry Potter Books: Part 3

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

- When Tom Riddle was talking to Harry

in the Chamber of Secrets, he said that

they are similar in many respects. One of

his arguments was that "... we both are

half-blood." But Harry is not a half-

blood! Lily and James were both wizards.

(Many believe that this is so because Lily’s parent were Muggles, just like

Hermione’s parents. But it is not true.)

- When Harry looks into the past through the Riddle diary, he sees the time

when Hagrid was expelled. In that past, he sees Dumbledore, who is not yet the

headmaster, but only a professor of transformations. Dippet was the headmaster

at that time. Hagrid tells everyone that it was Dumbledore who allowed him to

stay in school as the gatekeeper. How could a simple professor solve such a

problem?

- When Harry and Ron came to Hagrid at night, wearing an Invisibly Cloak,

they were present during the visit of Dumbledore, Fudge, and then, the visit of

Lucius Malfoy as well. Malfoy said that he came to Hagrid’s, because he "...

was looking for the director, I called to the school and I was told that the

headmaster was here." Later in the book, when Harry and Ron demanded

Lockhart help them in saving Ginny from the Chamber of Secrets, he muttered

in reply, "... an urgent call ... stern necessity ... I have to leave..." But there are

no phones within Hogwarts! Muggle devices are not supposed to work at

Hogwarts. Hermione tells Ron and Harry about it many times.

-At the end of the book, when the main characters asked Ginny what Percy

asked her not to speak about, she replied that he was kissing Penelope in the

classroom. Question: Did he steal her from the hospital? After all, she was a

victim of the Basilisk, along with Hermione!