Harry Potter is everyone’s hero. His father and mother were killed when he was young and he is forced to live with his aunt and uncle. They treat him like trash while they treat their own child as if he were a sacred idol. What is so appealing about this book is that almost every child can relate to this book in some way or another. Whether it is grave mistreatment by elders or a spoiled sibling, many children find a resemblance of themselves in this fictional character. People, especially children, want to escape from their mundane world of reality where the sun shines on your bare neck, and enter the world of make believe. Best of all, all you have to do is hop onto the bed with Harry Potter in hand. Harry Potter is an entrancing book. It takes you on a trip you will never forget as you follow this fictional character around in battling his problems in a mythical world. Strangely enough, there is stark resemblance between his life and one’s life, for everyone can see a shadow of one’s self constantly battling the evils of society (Or in this case¡ Hogwarts).
Unfortunately, like life itself, Harry Potter somehow always winds up in trouble, only to be saved by friends who join forces Harry to save the day. Harry Potter is a cross reflection of our image imposed upon by our imagination, and exposed in a book, whose individuality and self-determination is for all to read and aspire to.
Good over Evil. Hero over Anti-Hero. Protagonist over Antagonist. Victory triumphing over defeat. Is that not what we all want to see? Is that not what we all want to experience? Harry Potter brings it to us. We are all unique yet connected in certain ways. Everyday we are faced with difficulty, but it is our uniqueness that helps us prevail. Harry Potter shows that even facing tremendous odds, success can be achieved, and the day can be saved. When the book is read, the feeling of perseverance soars through the veins like a fish in the sea. Harry, in Harry Potter, is the undisputed hero. However, there are many anti-heroes. Malfoy is Harry’s biggest enemy, however, He-who-must-not-be-named, is Harry’s biggest threat. Malfoy is representative of the schoolyard bully. He represents in many ways, the qualities of a simple-minded sinister child. He is stupid yet forceful; constantly making Harry Potters life miserable and never caring of others. Malfoy plays many tricks on Harry but Harry always manages to find a way to counter Malfoy’s tricks and ploys, or simply ignore them all together. Again, we see the hero triumphing over the anti-hero. All the little children that feel that the schoolyard bully often mistreats them would easily buy into this clever ploy.
The Term Paper on Harry Potter Political And Psychological Aspects
Harry Potter: Political and Psychological Aspects (1) The phenomenon of Harry Potters popularity has been discussed in literary circles for a decade now, without majority of critics being able to define the very essence of such popularity. This is because, up until the time when Joanne Rowling made a fortune with the help of her literary character, only very few people considered childrens ...
We all love to see people succeed over the negative factors that play against them. The fact that Malfoy’s ruse sometimes works against him only adds to the joy and glee of millions of children around the world who always dream of righteousness being served the unruly and the unjust. Later on in the series, Harry not only gets to fight Malfoy, but also the man who killed his parents. The epic moment occurs when the best of good, and the worst of evil come together in a heated battle over the fate of the world. Once again Harry succeeds over overwhelming odds, due to help from the spirit of his deceased parents. Though Harry is never really able to completely destroy evil itself. Harry is able to downplay the works of evil, and to the readers, it is success. Success is all that matters. People want to feel happy. They want to feel joy, happiness and above all, that a great achievement has occurred. Peer pressure, teasing, mistreatment by teachers, restrictions from extra-curricular activities are all ¡°evils¡± they are what we despise and what we sometimes hate. We all wish to end peer pressure. We all want to punch the schoolyard bully. We all want to overcome to weird and grossly unjustified teacher, but in real life that just does not happen everyday. In real life, we give in to peer pressure and the school-yard bully and we often give in to the unjust teacher, but when we pick up the book, we are able to make what is right happen everyday, though it only occurs in our imaginations, it is enough to feed the soul and lift the spirit of all.
The Essay on Peer Pressure Make Good Friends
Ramie Nakashima Period 5 Peer Pressure The hard part of being a teenager is learning to make the right decisions. One of the things that affects decision making is pressure we encounter from friends. Peers influence life. At this stage in life, which is our teen years, we will always try to fit in. Everyone has or will face peer pressure sooner or later. Peer pressure can be broken down into two ...
At the end of Harry Potter, as in the end of all happy and blithe stories, Harry is the successor and wins temporary triumph over evil. Temporary cessation of the harshness of society, separated from you by a wall of victory and a waterfall of glory. Once again, a cherishable character is born into the welcoming arms of the public. A masterpiece has replaced the N64 from the limelight of society and a book is now one of a child’s most prized possessions. After reading this great book, everyone comes out a winner.
