One of the greatest children’s books which remarkably took
all ages by storm is filled to the brim with so information and various genre’s
covered. From the coming of age, to good vs. evil harry potter covered it all.
From the age of when I was 10 and I first read the sorcerer’s stone to when I was
21 and the last book had come out and the last ever midnight movie release and
book release of the magnitude harry potter had come to be known for. Harry potter
took the world by storm and it consumed my life for quite a few years.
One of
the biggest things however that points out to me when I look back at all of the
magic that my generation helped create is that if we did not dare to believe in
this book it would have never picked up off the ground. However, that was not
the case and what was created was pure magic. The biggest midnight releases
ever for a book or film where thanks to the harry potter franchise we truly
raised the bar.
Harry
potter’s predominant genre to me is the genre of good vs. evil. From the very beginning
of the series we are presented with the story of how Harry’s parents got
brutally murdered and it was only due to their love that he survived. All the
way throughout the series this and various smaller fights with good vs. evil
took place. This genre is heavily drawn upon starting in the half blood prince
when Dumbledore is killed by Snape and then in the deathly hallows where Dobby,
Hedwig, Lupin, Tonks, Snape and many others are killed in an attempt to stop Voldemort.
This book shows in great detail that you cannot stay innocent forever and that
if good vs. evil are to fight each other it will be at great expense from both.
It also shows you while teaching you those lessons through the use of Dumbledore
and Snape that you cannot always judge a book by its cover.
From
the beginning it looks as if Snape is after harry and that Dumbledore is always
truthful to Harry, but we find out in deathly hallows this is not true. When Snape
is on his death bed he orders harry to take one of his tears and it is then
that we realize we may not have known at least Snape at all. We quickly are
forced to go from hating Snape to wondering if he has simply been dealt a bad
hand that because of his love for Lilly he is willing to play.
Although
the series is done, I have no doubts due to the amount of information provided,
lessons learned, and genres incorporated into the Harry Potter books it will be
passed on from generation to generation for some time to come. However,
personally I must say I wish the ride was not over and that I could act like I was
going back to Hogwarts with Harry, Ron and Hermoine for the first time again. I
will always remember my first time to Hogwarts, the good times I had, the
countless amounts of nights with no sleep because I could not stop reading. But
sadly it is over and we are forced to move on, and reread our beloved stories
again and again acting like we are taking the trip for the first time.
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