I've been reading the Harry Potter series for the 8TH TIME this summer. The first time I ever read it, was way back in 5th grade and ever since, I've read the books at the beginning of each academic year with the exception of junior year. This time however, I'm finding it harder to finish the series. I consider myself a Harry Potter junkie; I know a lot about all things HP and I never seem to be able to get enough of it. I could spend hours reading each book and be fidgetty about getting my hands on the next book. All until now. This time, I'm dreading finishing the series and I can't pinpoint why. I would like to say that it's because I can't stand reading what's going to happen to each character, the tragedies that they all go through, but I can't see why that would be; I've read every book 7 times, I already know what's going to happen! Or it might be the fact that I simply don't want the books to end because no other book has captured me in the way that Harry Potter has. I'm currently on the 5th and I'm seriously contemplating putting it down and shutting my books for a while; but I can't seem to like these ideas either. You might consider me crazy for reading a whole series 8 times, but honestly, every time is just a little more magical. For the most part. As I get older, I start to understand some details better, I am able to dive deeper into the books. However, I also start to question things that are written, what happens to some characters or some historical details--for example, Hogwarts was founded in the 10th century, yet sinks were invented in the 18th century; how could have Salazar Slytherin, founder of Slytherin house, marked the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets with a system that wouldn't be invented for another 800 years! But who are we to judge wizards. Some people say this is a curse, but the thing I LOVE about Harry Potter is that there are so many things that can be assumed. For example, what happened between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter? Did they become friends? Did they hate each other forever? Who knows. Or Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom: surely they got married and went hunting for Crumple-Horned Snorkacks together and then went back to teach at Hogwarts. But let's go back to my first point for a moment. When a certain character died in the 5th book, I cried. It was the first time it occurred even though I already knew what was going to happen. Chapters before the death, I wanted to be able to jump into Hogwarts and tell Harry he was being stupid, he had other ways to communicate with said person! Unfortunately I couldn't and the tear gates opened for the first time. Or when the other 101 characters just HAD to die; for some reason, the deaths hit me a lot harder this time around and I can't explain why. Yet, I'll always find myself captured by Harry Potter, coming back to it year after year, time after time, 'what ifs' and 'I wonders' popping into my head about every 5 minutes.
There's just something about Harry Potter...
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Corey Topf
2/14/2015 06:04:05 pm
Harry Potter books are a bit like Pringles no? You can't eat just one. :) I read the first three HP books in the span of like three weeks when I was at university. Talk about creaitivity!
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