The Harry Potter books have always been an escape for me.
The characters and their world drew me in unlike anything else I’ve ever read.
I can read a whole book in one sitting and not realize how much time had passed.
One of the things that is so engaging about the books is how real the
characters are. Even though they have abilities that we can only dream of, they
have personality flaws just like the rest of us. These flaws help every reader
find a little bit of themselves in every character; whether it be Harry’s
courage, Ron’s desire to be different from his siblings, Hermione’s
studiousness, or Draco’s ambition.
The first time that I read the Harry Potter books, I
identified heavily with Hermione. While I’m not an only child, my parents made
it very clear that education was the most important thing in our house. Like
Hermione, I also liked to read anything that I could get my hands on. The scene
that made me really connect with Hermione’s character was the one in the first
book in the trio’s very first potions class. Professor Snape is grilling Harry
with potions questions and Hermione is sitting there with her hand raised.
Someone who doesn’t identify with one of the trio will definitely
have a different perspective on the books. A reader who takes immediate dislike
to Harry, Ron and Hermione might see the first book as the three popular Gryffindor
students sneaking out, breaking school rules, and then getting rewarded for it.
It would be interesting to see the books told from a perspective of a random
Slytherin student or a Hufflepuff.
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