Prompt 2 Kristopher Richmond
I can first remember reading the Harry Potter books when I was a young kid in grade school. Reading was my passion, so I took to this new series of fantasy novels like a candle to a flame; devouring each page, then having to wait so impatiently for the next one. The magic literally sucked me in, as so many plots thickened, and stuff happened, that I came to just go along with the ride, and hang on tight to each corner of the page as so many other young people did.
Like everyone else, I fully believed Snape was the evil, dark, bastard that he seemed to become in the Sorcerer's Stone; hating Harry with a passion reserved for no other. And like everyone else, I was blown away when Quirrel turned out to be the culprit, as who would have thought "p-poor,s-stuttering P-Professor Quirrel?" Thats what got me hook, line, and sinker. The same thing happened with Chamber of Secrets: So many things presented themselves as them being the logical answer to whats was going on at Hogwarts, but when Tom Voldy Riddle with his sidekick, innocent little Ginny Weasley, turns out to be the villain yet again, it blew my mind. J.K. Rowling early on in her books developed an ingenious way to tell a story, and make the reader feel so strongly against a character that they overlook the minor, crucial details in our desire to figure out just who was the one going after the stone, or the one petrifying the students in the castle. My favorite part about the series now is being able to go back and see all of those details clearly, and it makes me smile, as it truly feels like going back to find an old friend, who still has a trick or two up their sleeve.
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