Harry Potter changed my life.


Many people have done this. Many have written how their life is somehow different now that the final movie of Harry Potter is being shown all throughout the world. Many have expressed their heart felt emotions about the series. Potterheads have united in making sure how to end Harry Potter with a bang.
But like J.K. Rowling said in the London premiere, “Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
Harry Potter did more than introduce me to the world that is Harry Potter. Sure, it gave me such a wondrous place to be in ever since I read the books. I wan introduced to Hogwarts, to Hogsmeade, to the Burrow, to Diagon Alley and to other destinations imaginable.
But in my case, the Harry Potter series gave me something even bigger. It introduced me to the world of books.
I’ll admit, before reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher/ Sorcerer’s Stone I had never read a book. I mean a fictional book full of words and not just with pictures. Before Harry Potter, I was all TV and sports. Before Harry Potter, I was always bored.
I would not be who I am if it weren’t for Harry Potter. I would not be someone who visits a book store and stay for hours just to decide on which books to buy that is within my budget. My room wouldn’t be a mini-library if it weren’t for Harry Potter. 
Harry Potter gave us more than Hogwarts and Harry and wands. Harry Potter gave us magic. Magic in a sense of traveling to different worlds with just one flick of a page. Harry Potter gave us the magic of our own imagination to soar.
I am sad that Harry Potter has shown it’s last film. But we can always go back to them. We can always find out for the first time that Harry is a wizard. We can always go back to that moment when we first met Ron and Hermione. We can always go back to that every sentence we all love to read and read and read all over again…
Harry Potter may feel like it is ending but the story is forever. What it has imparted in every single person that has read it’s words will be forever. Harry Potter gave us the love for reading and that is magic in itself.
Thank you Harry for changing my life. Thank you J. K. Rowling for introducing me to your world. And thank you for being a fellow Potterhead and as I would quote J. K. Rowling “For sticking with Harry until the very end.”
It is the end of an era but it is also the beginning of a legend. Harry Potter will live on in the memory of all those who journeyed with him through the pages of 7 books and through the scenes of 8 movies.
Harry Potter will be a part of our lives forever.

Sunday, July 24, 2011 | Labels: , , | 0 Comments  

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)