Overview
The Summoning Charm offers a useful example of preparation affecting a major challenge. Harry practises before relying on it in public. Describing it in terms of the object and the circumstances shown in the text avoids inventing universal rules about range or the weight it can move.
In the books
Facts below follow the novels. Adaptation details are not merged into the book account.
Harry summons his broom during the first task of the Triwizard Tournament.
Source: Goblet of Fire, “The First Task”.Reading notes
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Sources
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chapter “The First Task”.
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