He took out his wand, tapped the board, and the arrows began to wiggle over the diagram like caterpillars” (p. The magical animation of Wood’s quidditch diagram is illustrated by this simile: “Wood was holding up a large diagram of a quidditch field, on which were drawn many lines, arrows, and crosses in different colored inks. Professor Binns’ slow, elderly and possibly wise nature is emphasized when he 'paused again, pursing his lips, looking like a wrinkled old tortoise” (p. When Snape and McGonagall seek to punish them, Snape shoots 'a look of pure venom at Harry and Ron,' true to his affiliation with the snake-themed Slytherin House, while McGonagall is 'eyeing them like a wrathful eagle' (p. But then as their fortunes change and they run into the Whomping Willow, it hits them with 'the force of a charging bull' (p.

The tininess of the Muggle world seen from their great height in the flying car is imagined as 'a great city alive with cars like multicolored ants' (p. In a moment of foreshadowing of what is to come with the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts, Harry and Ron see “The Hogwarts Express streaking along below them like a scarlet snake” (p. Weaseley becomes powerful in her anger, she 'swelled like a bullfrog' (p. Fred and George's ability to climb through Harry's window stealthily to rescue him is 'catlike' (P. When Harry meets Dobby for the first time, the elf's large ears take on a slightly dark, Gothic quality with the descriptor 'bat-like' (p. The Dursleys' disgust and suspicion towards Harry lead them to treat him as if he's 'a dog that had rolled in something smelly' (p. Uncle Vernon's large size and pugnaciousness are made clear when he is described as a rhinoceros (p. Rowling uses animal metaphors and similes throughout the book to make the qualities of her characters vivid.

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