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Harry Potter - 8-15-07

As many of you probably know already, the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series is finally here. And as a HUGE fan of Harry Potter, I must say I absolutely NEED to dedicate a page to my favorite wizarding hero. So, here it is... this page has everything and anything I love about HARRY POTTER!

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The Harry Potter wait is OVER!

Deathly Hallows has been one of the best HP books in my opinion. Jo answers so much without giving away everything, so we can let our imaginations run wild :)

A Tribute to Sev

 

Snape was truly a tragic hero. His true love married his worst enemy, he had such a tragic childhood life, and he had to endure endless teasing from the Marauders and other students. Sometimes, when you've just had enough, you need to let it all go and feel the pain wash away. But not Snape. He chose to protect Harry, to fulfill Lily's last dying wish, and ultimately, sacrificed himself for a boy who shared his worst enemy's face yet the eyes of his one true love. How would it feel, to have the eyes of your true love staring out of your worst enemy's body, taunting, torturing you, everyday for six years? Not very good, I suppose. And to endure that, for so long, is truly a noble act in and of itself, because he could've just got up and joined Voldemort once more instead of promising to save Harry. But no. He put himself willingly at risk in front of the most dangerous wizard of all time just so that she wouldn't die in vain. Everything he chose to give up was, ultimately, for her. And this is the reason why, I believe, Snape was one of the greatest and noblest tragic heroes in the HP series. But I don't deny that he wasn't a mean, vile person to everyone, especially to Gryffindors and to Harry. But by examining the underlying reasons why he acted that way, I believe that they were perfectly normal, though not very responsible, ways to numb the pain that had accumulated over the years. He was flawed, yes, but he proved himself in such a way that made him one of the bravest people, next to Harry of course, out of the HP series.

Disappointment with Dumbledore

To tell the truth, Dumbledore disappointed me the most in this book. Throughout the other books, he was Harry's mentor and teacher, and he was supposed to be the wisest wizard in the country who championed the Muggle/Mudblood cause. Yet, he had no power that Harry had, none at all. He too was tempted by power. He too sought a way to be immortal. He was too much like Voldemort, and Voldemort, as we know it, was very, very evil. So how could the greatest good wizard turn out to be so similar to Voldemort, the most evil villain in the series? Well, I guess that could be Jo's way of saying that nothing is what it seems, which leads us to...

No One is What He/She Seems

Even though Dumbledore was supposed to be the infallible mentor, he proved to be just a very intelligent wizard with many temptations and no extraordinary willpower like Harry. Even though Snape was supposed to be the despicable man who murdered the greatest good wizard of all time, he proved to be a brave man who risked his own life repeatedly to fulfill the wishes of his dead beloved. It's a total upheaval of past reputations.

The End?

I guess that what I'm trying to say is just that Harry Potter has been with me for so long, and it's going to be hard letting it all go. I first heard of HP in a magazine that my teacher passed out to us, in fifth grade, right after the release of the third book. At that time, I didn't know what the fuss was all about, so I wasn't that eager to read the book. But it just turned out that that week was book fair week, so I bought my first copy of Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone). And surprise! After a few chapters, I couldn't put it down. I kept on reading until I finished. Then, I immediately went to the library and borrowed Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban. After that, I've bought every book the day it was released, right up to Deathly Hallows.

Now, Harry's all grown up, and I've been propelled to grow up too. We're the same age, right on the brink of entering a new, brighter world. And even though Harry's story has ended, mine has only begun. HP has characterized my childhood years, so I will always have that to remember. But time goes on, and even though I'm devastated that my favorite series is no longer, I know that it's time to let go. This is why dedicating a page to HP is so important to me: to remind myself that the times are no longer the same, and that life will continue to go on, always.