Prompt #1 (Part 2)
Whenever someone reads a book for the first time, there are certain expectations raised about the outcome of a character or situation in said book. In the first two Harry Potter books, this is no exception.
In the first book, the expectation was that Professor Snape was the cause of all the mishaps at Hogwarts that year, when all the time it was actually Professor Quirrell (working along with You-Know-Who). In the second book, the expectation was that ------.
It is important to raise expectations in stories like this because it keeps the attention of the reader. When we realize that our expectations weren't fulfilled, we go back and re-examine what was previously read to determine why. We think we know the outcome of every situation faced, but we don't.
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