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A second-year Hufflepuff student at Hogwarts. Justin is Muggle-born, and so when rumors begin to spread that Harry is the heir of Slytherin, he starts to avoid Harry. This fear is only made worse when, during a meeting of the dueling club, it seems like Harry sets a snake on Justin when really Harry is trying to prevent the snake from attacking Justin. Justin is later petrified by the basilisk along with Nearly Headless Nick, but he is revived at the end of the book.
Justin Finch-Fletchley Quotes in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets quotes below are all either spoken by Justin Finch-Fletchley or refer to Justin Finch-Fletchley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11 Quotes
“Exactly,” said Ron. “And now the whole school’s going to think you’re his great-great-great-great-grandson or something —”
“But I’m not,” said Harry, with a panic he couldn’t quite explain.
“You’ll find that hard to prove,” said Hermione. “He lived about a thousand years ago; for all we know, you could be.”
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Chapter 12 Quotes
Harry didn’t know what to say. He thought of Malfoy shouting, “You’ll be next, Mudbloods!” and of the Polyjuice Potion simmering away in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Then he thought of the disembodied voice he had heard twice and remembered what Ron had said: “Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the Wizarding world.” He thought, too, about what everyone was saying about him, and his growing dread that he was somehow connected with Salazar Slytherin. . . .
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Justin Finch-Fletchley Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The timeline below shows where the character Justin Finch-Fletchley appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart
...Ron, and Hermione work, they are joined by a Hufflepuff student who introduces himself as Justin Finch-Fletchley. Justin knows who they all are, and he tells them that he’s glad to...
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Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall
...might be. Additionally, when Harry is walking to meet Ron in the library, he sees Justin Finch-Fletchley, who sees him and immediately turns in the opposite direction.
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...Harry realizes that people are starting to believe that he is Slytherin’s heir, thinking of Justin that afternoon.
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Chapter 11: The Dueling Club
...spell that sends a snake flying from his wand. The snake starts to slither towards Justin Finch-Fletchley, but then Harry shouts “Leave him alone!” Miraculously, the snake slumps to the floor....
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...but Ron says it’s not common. Harry says that he told the snake to leave Justin alone, but Ron says that it seemed like Harry was “egging the snake on.” Harry...
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...that the Sorting Hat tried to put him in Slytherin. Harry resolves to talk to Justin the next day in Herbology and explain what happened with the snake.
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...Herbology is canceled due to a blizzard, and so Harry goes to try to find Justin. He decides to check the library, where several second-year Hufflepuffs are talking. When Harry approaches,...
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...first place. Harry can’t take any more and walks up to the table, asking where Justin is. Harry says he wants to explain that he told the snake to back off.
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...over something in a dark passageway. When he looks down, he sees that it is Justin Finch-Fletchley, petrified on the floor. Next to him is Nearly Headless Nick, who is floating...
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Peeves spots Harry, Justin, and Nick, and starts to scream that another attack has occurred. Doors fly open and...
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Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion
At that moment, Hagrid bursts into Dumbledore’s office and says that Harry did not petrify Justin, as he was speaking with Hagrid moments before the attack. Dumbledore assures Hagrid that he...
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After the attack on Justin and Nick, panic erupts in the castle. At the holidays, students are eager to return...
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Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge
It has now been four months since Justin and Nick were petrified, and life continues somewhat normally in the castle. Students sign up...
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