“Expectations are scarcely ever fulfilled in truly literary texts because the text continually modifies our expectations about what is to come.” I believe this can apply to the first two Harry Potter books in a number of ways. Before this course began I had never read any of the Harry Potter books. I have seen a couple of the movies over the years, but after attending the first few classes, I quickly realized how passionate some people are about the Harry Potter series. In terms of my expectations about reading the series, I figured that since the books and movies were so popular that I would thoroughly enjoy reading the series. After finishing the first two books, my expectations about liking the books were met and then some. I’ll admit that I am not the biggest fan of reading so I wasn’t as excited about reading all seven books in a ten week class. However, once I began reading the books, I was hooked. Rowling does an excellent job at portraying the realm of witchcraft and wizardry. I was slightly put off when at the end of the first and second book when Dumbledore only gives partial explanations to Harry but after thinking about it I believe this is a good strategy to lure the reading into continuing to read the rest of the series. After finishing the second book, I am even more excited to continue reading the series.
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