In today's session, Yanuell continued reading, discussing, and analyzing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the series. Additionally, Yanuell looked at symbolism within the text, beginning with Rita Skeeter's Quick-Quotes Quill, which takes notes for her. The quill is acid green, moves of its own accord, and is presumably to blame for Rita Skeeter's exaggerated and inflammatory articles. During Harry's first interview with Skeeter, he watches her test the quill by telling it only her name. The quill, however, records not just Skeeter's name, but her age, observations about her appearance, and tidbits about her reputation. In this way, the quill itself shows Harry that he can't trust everything he reads--by seeing the quill in action, he discovers that even if he or someone else tells the truth, that doesn't mean that the truth will actually end up in the papers. Instead, what does end up in the papers is filtered through someone else with goals and an agenda all their own--and in the case of Harry and his participation in the Triwizard Tournament, that agenda has little to do with the truth. The second symbol that Yanuell analyzed was the Dark Mark, which symbolized two things. The first is when witches and wizards see it in the sky. It immediately strikes fear, panic, dread and terror as it symbolizes that the people under the mark are dead. It is a dreaded symbol in the wizarding community. It’s also a symbol branded onto the forearm of Voldemort’s followers.