Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

    Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling is a fantasy novel about a boy named Harry who is a wizard and goes to a wizarding school called Hogwarts. At Hogwarts all Harry wants is to be normal, but Harry is far from it and, when Harry's name comes of of the Goblet of Fire his life takes a turn for the worst. I think a theme in the book revolves around  bullying and how it affects people.

    I think a theme of the book is about bullying. For example, on page 298 Draco Malfoy and the Slytherins were outside of the potions classroom wearing badges that stated 'Support CEDRIC DIGGORY- the REAL Hogwarts champion!' After Harry had read the badges Malfoy began taunting him, "Like them, Potter?' Said Malfoy loudly as Harry approached. 'And this isn't all they do-- look!' He pressed his badge into his chest, and the message upon it vanished, to be replaced by another one, which glowed green: POTTER STINKS!" What Malfoy did is a form of bullying called verbal bullying. Verbal bullying is attacking somebody with words and not necessarily fists or a weapon but, it is still bullying and they both hurt. Another example is, on page 541 after Rita Skeeter, a reporter, lies about Harry's relationship with Hermione, when Hermione gets hate mail saying, "'Harry Potter can do much better than the likes of you...' 'You deserve to be boiled in frog spawn...' Ouch!' She had opened the last envelope, and yellowish-green liquid smelling strongly of petrol gushed over her hands, which began to erupt in large yellow boils." This shows another form of bullying and how it affected the victim. In this case Hermione started crying and had to go the infirmary. This shows how bullying can be a theme in The Goblet Of Fire.

    In conclusion, I believe that a theme of the book is about bullying and the effects on people. In books and in the real world bullying is a major problem and causes many different things to happen to a person and it is up to us to stand up and speak loud to stop bullying.