A New Era

Author’s Note- This is a character development/analyzation about a recent book that I am reading, which is Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. This analyzation talks about Harry Potter and his role in the book. Look for some strong use of vocabulary.

Imagine yourself, in your crib, the thunder roaring, the blinding lightning and the ruthless clashes of the rain smashing against the ground. You then hear your parents bolting through the house and a flash of green light, when your mother charges through the door and swings the door closed with a loud crash. Your mother goes to your crib, crying, and starts to say that she loves you and your dad loves you, when all of a sudden, the door is plunged to the ground and a black hooded figure with a white face and a large wand, says the most terrifying words that will change your life forever. Your mother is laying on the floor, not moving a muscle and you have a large N imprinted on your forehead, from the most deadliest wizard of all time that you will one day face to determine your destiny. Your lifelong journey has now begun.

Ever since the death of Harry’s parents, he has lived his life with no family, except his annoying cousins, The Dursleys. Harry has grown up not knowing what happened when he was just a small infant. Harry Potter was then called, “The Boy Who Lived” since the one day that changed his life. The whole story and movies is based off of Harry Potter and why he lived through that one night. People try to kill him so Voldemort, the evil dark wizard, can become the new “king” and take over all wizards. If I had to describe Harry Potter in one word, the word would be bold. I describe Harry Potter as a bold person because he always listens to his heart, his friends and always trusts his instincts. When a problem pops up and needs to be fixed immediately, he comes up with strategies and figures out how to solve the problem. Harry also has great friends that support him and care for him, especially since he has no family to talk to. In the movies, Harry and his friends fight for their lives and fight to the death to help protect Harry because of his importance. Harry Potter is a brave, intelligent and heroic young man, considering the fact that  he has lost everything important to him.

Harry Potter changes throughout the novels and movies. He goes from a boy who lost everything, to the most famous wizard in history. As time progresses, Harry and his friends change their personalities. They grew up and became stronger and started to treat each other as brothers and sisters. Just like Rodger in L.H.’s short story, “Thank You Ma’am,” Rodger is a teenage boy who goes from stealing a lady’s purse for shoes, to a young man who got the shoes and learned not to steal. Same situation with Harry Potter, except with wizardry. He learns nothing in the beginning of his life because his parents died and had no one to live with. Then goes to a man who can take care of himself and fight on his own and sooner or later, be able to go and face the most darkest wizard of all.

Besides the fact that Harry Potter is the most famous wizard of all, he is just like any other teenager who goes to school, gets an education, has friends and experiences difficulties in his life. Harry Potter can be described as a person who faces the most difficult challenges in his lifetime and learns to face them and not to run away from his problems. In another book that I have read is “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys. I could compare Harry Potter and a teenage girl named Lina are somewhat alike to each other. One thing that they both have in common is they both face the most biggest challenges in their life. Lina is a girl who is living a wonderful life in Lithuania, and one day everyone is being captured, men being sent to prison camp and women and children to be slaves and be sold. Harry Potter on the other hand, describes himself as a person he doesn’t know. He faces life in a way that most people would not think about. To us, we think that Hogwarts and everything in the wizarding world is more terrific than having a regular life. For Harry Potter, life in the wizarding world is harder than it looks. If you could spend one day with Harry Potter and be a wizard, I guarantee that you would want to have your original life. Lina and Harry both face challenges and fight for what they know is right and wrong and to save their friends and family, not just themselves.

As the story develops, Harry and his friends face the most extreme battles of their life. As many of these treacherous battles continue, Harry and his friends become stronger, bold and independent. They also change their looks when they get older and become more smart when it comes to battle strategies or life threatening strategies. When Harry comes up with these strategies, he influences the people around him and many strangers. People look up to Harry because he has a bright personality and everybody thinks that when they are around Harry, they can’t be touched and they’re safe from any kind of danger, even when they’re fighting. Since the attack on Harry when he was a young boy, the wizards wonder how he survived that terrifying night. If I was a wizard and I found out about what happened that made everyone call Harry, “The Boy Who Lived,” I would definitely look up to Harry for help, a hero and survivor who can help and save hundreds and possibly millions of innocent people.

Harry Potter, “The Boy Who Lived,” began his lifelong journey at a baby’s age and begins his life with nothing. He then became a wise and independent person, who has encouraging friends, almost like they’re his family. Starting out with nothing in your life when you grow up is extremely difficult. Almost impossible. Since Harry Potter is so valuable throughout all the novels, he loses many wonderful people that he cares for the most such as his parents, Dobby the elf, Remus and Tonks, Dumbledore and many more people. If you grow up and had a similar life to Harry Potter, nothing in your life would make sense. The days that had passed after the attack on Harry, he lived his life, not knowing who he was or who his parents were. He got the help of friends and adults to guide his way and make the right decisions in his life. Harry never gave up on who he was, how his life started and who he parents were. He sacrificed many things and grew up having the best life anyone could ever imagine and spent his life, not in agony, but in victory and pride for who he was.