When Harry is subjected to a kangaroo court that threatens to expel him from Hogwarts, Arthur Weasley reassures him that he hasn’t done anything wrong and that the truth will prevail. Harry and his friends (teens and adults alike) set out to bring the truth to light, even if it means acting contrary to the decrees of the Ministry of Magic. The government is indeed trying to deceive the citizens of the wizarding world. Order of the Phoenix is largely a lesson in civil disobedience, and ethically, the film handles itself pretty well on that subject. It’s there that a confrontation takes place that will bring the truth about Voldemort to light for the entire magical world.

As Harry’s flashbacks get stronger, they become interspersed with visions of what may (or may not) be happening in the present, in a dark room within the Ministry of Magic itself. In short order, she manages to oust Dumbledore and take over as headmistress.īalking at Umbridge’s unconvincing assurances that the wizarding world is perfectly safe, Harry and his friends-as if to parallel the Order of the Phoenix-also create a secret society in which Harry teaches the others to defend themselves against the dark arts. Her sticky-sweet voice and perpetually pink wardrobe are just a cover for her dictatorial designs.

In retaliation for their supposed disloyalty, the ministry sends Dolores Umbridge to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and his mentor, Dumbledore, refuse to parrot the ministry’s version of the story, so they’re set up as mutineers. The Ministry of Magic, however, prefers to bury its collective bureaucratic head in the sand and pretend that nothing unusual is happening. To keep pace, the Weasley parents, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and other friends reunite the Order of the Phoenix, a society of “good” wizards created by Albus Dumbledore during Voldemort’s previous rise. And the terror isn’t only in his head.Įvidence is mounting that Voldemort is recruiting followers-building an army in an attempt to return to his former power. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix picks up where that tale left off, with Harry having terrible flashbacks of those events. In 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the boy wizard’s already extraordinary life was dramatically altered as he witnessed the bodily return of You Know Who (Voldemort) and the death of one of his schoolmates at the dark lord’s hand.

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