Hi. I thought I'd talk about the love of my life- the Harry Potter series. Yeah, I know, we wear our hearts on our sleeve, and we declare our hearts to so many things at the same time. But we never do it without a reason. So let's analyse HP.
Orphan makes it big.
Who doesn't love the idea of someone who has been abandoned by the world yet has to find the strength within to keep going? Harry Potter, who lived under the staircase, was the Boy-Who-Lived, and the truth was- he survived. He survived against all odds, made friends, and lived life. That's what we all hope to do, and by building a character to which we connect to, Rowling made him a part of our lives.
Shades of Grey
We know no one if the epitome of goodness. We all have those secrets that we don't want the world to know, and are afraid they will judge us by that. Ron has a complex, Hermione is the girl with the bushy hair and bunny-teeth, and Harry is the ..um.. wait, does he have a fault?
Okay, moving on. The story, if you notice, is all about people whose qualities are mixed. Petunia, whom we hate from the first book, is actually horrid to Harry because he reminds her of the magical life she was denied. Dudley, who bullies Harry, comes around in the end. Hagrid's a half-giant, Remus is a were-wolf in love with Tonks.
Epic Characters
One of my most favourite characters ofcourse, is Dumbledore. I connect him with JKR a lot. In a way, he seems to have plotted out Harry's life, from protecting him with the Dursleys, and watching over him in Hogwarts, and then setting out the maze of Hallows and Horcruxes. JKR thought up the whole thing, ofcourse, literally, but she remains a symbol of wisdom- love, love, love, being the resounding theme around which the book was built.
And Severus. The greyest of them all. A hero who sacrifices everything for love is always an eternal favourite, but would anybody have gone as far as he did? "After all this time?" "Always" These shall remain in the Hall of Fame right up there, next to the "Et tu Brute?"(Julius Caesar) and "Some people care too much. I think it's called love." (Winnie The Pooh), and "Bond. James Bond"
Love,
Sunny
Orphan makes it big.
Who doesn't love the idea of someone who has been abandoned by the world yet has to find the strength within to keep going? Harry Potter, who lived under the staircase, was the Boy-Who-Lived, and the truth was- he survived. He survived against all odds, made friends, and lived life. That's what we all hope to do, and by building a character to which we connect to, Rowling made him a part of our lives.
Shades of Grey
We know no one if the epitome of goodness. We all have those secrets that we don't want the world to know, and are afraid they will judge us by that. Ron has a complex, Hermione is the girl with the bushy hair and bunny-teeth, and Harry is the ..um.. wait, does he have a fault?
Okay, moving on. The story, if you notice, is all about people whose qualities are mixed. Petunia, whom we hate from the first book, is actually horrid to Harry because he reminds her of the magical life she was denied. Dudley, who bullies Harry, comes around in the end. Hagrid's a half-giant, Remus is a were-wolf in love with Tonks.
Epic Characters
One of my most favourite characters ofcourse, is Dumbledore. I connect him with JKR a lot. In a way, he seems to have plotted out Harry's life, from protecting him with the Dursleys, and watching over him in Hogwarts, and then setting out the maze of Hallows and Horcruxes. JKR thought up the whole thing, ofcourse, literally, but she remains a symbol of wisdom- love, love, love, being the resounding theme around which the book was built.
And Severus. The greyest of them all. A hero who sacrifices everything for love is always an eternal favourite, but would anybody have gone as far as he did? "After all this time?" "Always" These shall remain in the Hall of Fame right up there, next to the "Et tu Brute?"(Julius Caesar) and "Some people care too much. I think it's called love." (Winnie The Pooh), and "Bond. James Bond"
Life
Tell me you didn't cry when they said Dumbledore fell ike a rag-doll. Tell me you didn't laugh when Fred said, "What are Fred and I? Next door neighbours?" Tell me you didn't feel the beat of your heart when Harry thought, "Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? To think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second. "
You can't. If you have cried and laughed and lived with Harry Potter, then that is the true success. We will not smirk at those who say Harry Potter series are dumb. But we shall be sympathetic, and we shall feel for them.. that they shall never know the miracle of life... Dumbledore's favourite answer... Love.
Love,
Sunny
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