This quarter I accomplished something I always wanted to do but never had the time to do before. This is the first time that I have read the Harry Potter series and I am just perplexed by how well the Harry Potter series was constructed by J.K Rowling.
Since, I have been saying this in just about every response and paper I have written, I'll say it again. I saw the movies before I ever read any of the books and throughout the series I was expecting that the movies would cut out a lot of parts in the books, which they did, and when I got to parts in the book that were not like the movie, I was really mad about what scenes and characters the producers decided cut out of the movie. Winky is probably one of my favorite characters and I would have never known about her if I wouldn't have read the book. So lesson learned you should ALWAYS read the books before watching the movie.
Since the second part of Deathly Hallows hasn't came out yet the seventh book is one movie that I actually had the experience of not knowing anything that was about to happen. I can honestly say that I wasn't surprised that Harry defeated Voldemort in the end because I didn't think people would have loved the series as much as they did if J.K Rowling decided to kill off Harry instead. But, I was surprised by all the events leading up to the final show down with Harry and Voldemort. When I read the part about Dumblebore knowing that Harry would have to sacrifice himself before anyone else would be able to kill Voldemort I was shocked. It amazes me how Dumbledore and Snape could help Harry all along the way and then when it came to the end knowing that he would have to die to save everyone else, had to be one of the hardest things either man had to do. Dumbledore loved Harry and Snape was connected to Harry becuase of his love for Lily, I just can't imagine the amount of courage it takes to know all along that you have to prepare someone to sacrifice themselves to help the "greater good". In my opinion I respect Snape and Dumbledore for their role in the series. Both Dumbledore and Snape made mistakes in their lives, but that makes them only human so I don't think anyone can fault Snape for what he did as a Death Eater he felt remorse and repented for what he had done.
To me this series portrays a very biblical tale; good triumphing over evil in the end, repenting of your sins for forgiveness (Snape returning to the good side), the power of love and forgiveness, and most importantly self-sacrifice for others. I'm not sure that I can be convinced that this series is not based upon religious ideals.
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