Harry Potter

Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)

What did Harry think happened in the night
before at the shack on his birthday?
What did the owl want
from Hagrid’s coat?
Why?
Diagon Alley
 What is this place?
Why did Harry and
Hagrid go there?
Where was this bank?
Why was it impossible
to rob this bank?
 How did Harry pay for his
school supplies? What did he
find in his vault? Who left
whatever was inside for him?
How did Hagrid reach the shack in the woods and
how did he and Harry leave it? Why?
What does the minister of magic do? Why?
“Do you want the usual
drink Hagrid?” asked the
barman.
What inference can you
make?
 What do you know
about this place?

What was strange about

the people in that place?
Who is the professor that Harry
and Hagrid met at the café?

What did he
teach?

Why was he
trembling?
 Hagrid gave a letter to the
goblins at the bank. Who was
it from?

What was it about?

What was strange about
the vault’s door that the
goblins opened at the
bank?
What was the wizard sport called?
How many houses are
at Hogwarts?

What was the worst

house?

Which house was

Voldemort in?
What do you know about
this picture?
Mr. Ollivander, “The wand chooses the wizard.” What
do you think that means?
 What did Mr.
Ollivander mean
by that?

I sold the wand that made

this scar Harry. But it was
in the wrong hands.
 Who said that
quote? To whom?

Why did he find it curious

that this particular wand
PHOENIX WHOSE TAIL FEATHER IS IN chose Harry in particular?
YOUR WAND, GAVE ANOTHER
FEATHER TO HIS BROTHER WHO
GAVE YOU THIS SCAR.
How do they expect great
things from me?

Reason (1)
Reason (2)

Reason (3)
How can Harry reach Hagrid?
 Summary
• The next morning, when Harry wakes up, he tells himself that it was all a
dream about a giant arriving and revealing that he was a wizard. He
hears a tapping and thinks it's his aunt. He wishes the dream were real,
opens his eyes, and finds himself in the desolate room with Hagrid.
• An owl arrives carrying a newspaper; it drops off the newspaper and
starts pecking at Hagrid's coat.

• Hagrid tells Harry the owl needs to be paid and to give it money from the
coat's pockets. Harry finds wizarding money and pays in Knuts.

• Hagrid says that they have to get going to buy Harry's school supplies,
and Harry gets worried about not having enough money for school,
especially since Mr. Dursley said he wouldn't finance it.
• Hagrid reassures Harry, telling him that his parents left him money.
It's all kept safe in the Gringotts bank. This is a goblin bank, and
Hagrid says Gringotts and Hogwarts are the most secure places in
the world. Dumbledore's given Hagrid a task to accomplish there.

• Harry and Hagrid leave the hut, and get in the boat the Dursleys
rowed over in. Hagrid admits he flew there, but isn't really supposed
to be doing magic. They agree to keep it a secret if Hagrid helps the
boat go a little faster.

• On their boat ride, Hagrid tells Harry that the bank is protected by
spells and dragons. Hagrid also explains about the Ministry of Magic
– its primary purpose is to keep wizardry and magic secret.
• After they make it to shore, they get a lot of weird looks as they go
to catch a train to London. Hagrid confesses he'd like a dragon of
his own.

• On the train, Harry reviews the list of supplies. He'll need a uniform,
including robes, a hat, and cloak, and several textbooks. He'll also
need a wand and some other magic stuff.

• When they get to London, Harry's still a little confused about how
they'll be able to buy these supplies, but Hagrid knows where to go.
Harry's worried until they get to a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. He
realizes that it doesn't seem as though anyone else can see it at all.
• Inside when Harry and Hagrid walk in, everyone stops and stares.
They welcome Harry and every single person wants to shake his
hand.

• One of the people Harry meets is Professor Quirrell. Quirrell has a

terrible stutter and seems super frightened. He's the new Defense
Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Finally, Hagrid extracts them, saying they need to go shopping, and they
go into the alley behind the Leaky Cauldron. He explains to Harry that
Quirrell is super smart, but hasn't been the same since he did fieldwork
and had some bad experiences.

• Hagrid taps on a brick wall, which opens, and the two go through it into
Diagon Alley as the wall closes behind them.

• They pass an interesting-looking Cauldron shop, but Hagrid says they

need to get Harry some cash before they can do any damage. They walk
past an Owl Emporium, a broomstick store, and some other interesting
stuff before they get to the bank.
• They walk under door with a poem inscribed on it that warns against
stealing.

• Inside, goblins are everywhere, working.

• Hagrid produces a key (after much searching) to Harry's safe and a

letter from Dumbledore about getting something out of a specific
vault.

• The goblin Griphook is summoned to lead Harry and Hagrid inside

the bank. Hagrid says he absolutely can't reveal what Dumbledore's
sent him to the bank to get.
• They get in a railway cart; it takes them through a bunch of
underground passages and also past an underground lake.

• Harry's vault is full of magic money. He realizes the Dursleys

couldn't have known about it. Hagrid helps him pick some out,
Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts.

• Then they go to the other vault, passing over a ravine. This vault
unlocks by goblin touch. It's empty except for a small parcel, which
Hagrid scoops up. They go back upstairs and out of the bank.
• Harry's kind of overwhelmed by how much money he has. Hagrid's
feeling sick from riding in the goblin railway cart. He goes back to
the Leaky Cauldron for a drink and sends Harry to Madame Malkin's
robe shop.

• Madame Malkin helps him get fitted into Hogwarts robes next to
another boy also going to Hogwarts. The boy makes Harry think of
Dudley; he talks about his parents and having a broom, then
mentions Quidditch and the different Houses at Hogwarts. Harry
doesn't know what he's talking about.
• Hagrid appears outside and the boy criticizes him. Harry stands up
for him, and the boy asks about his parents. When Harry says
they're dead, the boy doesn't seem apologetic, but just asks if they
were "[their] kind." He says Hogwarts should be kept for wizarding
races and asks Harry his name. Before Harry can answer, Madame
Malkin says he's done.

• Hagrid brings Harry ice cream. They shop for quills while Harry asks
Hagrid about Quidditch. Hagrid says it's difficult to say what it is, but
it's similar to football played with broomsticks. And extra balls.
• Hagrid says there are four houses at Hogwarts, including Hufflepuff
and Slytherin, and that You-Know-Who was a Slytherin.

• They go to Flourish and Blotts to buy his books. Hagrid reminds

Harry you're not supposed to work magic around Muggles. Then
they buy cauldrons and scales, and they also go to the
Apothecary's.

• Hagrid tells Harry he'll get him an Owl for a birthday present. Harry's
overwhelmed and gets a lovely snowy owl.

• Then they go to Ollivander’s for his wand.

• The wand shop is tiny and seems extra magical. Mr. Ollivander
remembers Harry's parents and the kinds of wands they chose. He
knows the wand that caused Harry's scar, and he remembers the
wand he sold to Hagrid – which shouldn't be used any more, since
Hagrid was expelled. (But it might be in Hagrid's umbrella.)

• Mr. Ollivander measures Harry all over, and then Harry tries a bunch
of different wands. None of them seem to work. Finally he tries one
made of holly and phoenix feather, which feels magical in his hand.
• Mr. Ollivander calls it "curious," though, and says that it's linked to
the wand that caused Harry's scar. He says that Harry may do great
things. Harry's kind of creeped out by this, but they pay and leave.

• They go back to the Leaky Cauldron and then into regular, non-
magic London. They get a snack before Harry's train comes. Harry
thinks it was a great birthday, but is also worried. People are treating
him like he's "special" and famous, but he doesn't understand any of
it.
• Hagrid reassures him, saying he'll learn and figure it all out at
Hogwarts; then, he puts him on a train back to the Dursleys', and
says he'll see him on September 1st for the start of term at
Hogwarts.