Analysis of Ending

The ending was fantastic. The best chapter of the entire series by far is The Prince’s Tale. Now it may be fairly obvious that Snape is tied for my favorite character along with Kreacher, but this chapter was just brilliant. I loved how it showed all of the difficult tasks that Dumbledore set for Snape. I would argue that Snape had the worst job of the order along with Harry. Harry didn’t have as much of an option in his matter if Voldemort was to die he must die, but Snape on the other hand had the option to betray the one he loathed and chose to sacrifice his life for him.
Snape really got the raw deal. He had to kill his mentor and arguably his best friend in Dumbledore. Work alongside Lupin and Sirius who absolutely loathed him. Then after abiding by Dumbledore’s request was under constant scrutiny of being dubbed a traitor. He had to spy on the most evil wizard in the world that in its self could be proof enough to be the worst deal. Then to cap it off he had to sacrifice himself for James Potter’s kid. For all of these reasons Snape is my hero, and it negates any petty mistreating of Harry whom was not entirely innocent.
I was surprised by the how many people got killed. I prediction was that far more people would die. The guarantees I had were Dumbledore, Harry, and Sirius. I had Hagrid and Lupin down for almost certain to die, because of how much the trio loved Hagrid and because Lupin was the last connection to Harry’s parents nuclear friends. I also thought that Ron and Neville would die. I guess that I just overestimated the power of the death eaters. (or maybe underestimated the strength of the order)
However, one major issue I had with the ending was Harry’s ability to come back because of his blood being inside Voldemort. I’m happy that Harry got to live in the end and am aware that Harry must die in order to kill Voldemort, but this was too farfetched. The idea that one can be brought back because another’s blood is inside them is too far. Why don’t people who die that have donated blood come back to life when the recipient is still alive? She could have at least explained this detail a little bit better.
Overall, the series was brilliant. The last book was the best with the significant exception to the lack of clarity how Harry was able to come back to life. I really enjoyed the epilogue and the fact that Harry named one of his sons after Severus. It would have been better if he would have also named one of his son’s Kreacher.