Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Honestly, J.K Rowling is a genius. She kept an entire audience, young and old, entertained through a series of of seven books are people are still asking for more. We were able to follow Harry from a boy into the trials of the Wizarding world, to becoming a man outcast by society. The series itself gives people heart break, as well as hope. The story line is anything but flat as Harry and the lives of his friends all intertwine and become codependent in one way or another. Harry builds true friendships and defeats enemies, as well as recovers his past along the way. The story has a whole will have you on the edge of your seat due to how exciting and thought provoking it is. Any question there could have possibly been was answered through a book or movie or Rowling herself. We see Harry grow and learn, lose and gain, as well as lose himself in the worst ways. He is only a boy at the beginning of the series, and by the end, he is anything but. He overcomes many trials, gains fans, supporters, and those who would rather see him dead, but through it all, he never gives up. We can thank Ron and Hermione for their help in aiding and being there for Harry at his best and worst, along with many other friends he meets along the way.
In part one the Order of the Phoenix trying to get Harry transported to the Weasleys’ house safely. Unfortunately, Voldemort’s crew has been tipped off that the transfer is happening, and so they’re waiting for Harry and his friends when they fly away from the Dursley home. There are some complications along the way, deaths to be exact, which is a really sad way to start the beginning of the end. Then there’s a wedding in which everyone is attacked by Lord Voldemort and Hermione, Ron, and Harry all have to flee. They end up in some wood, in which Ron destroys his wand, and then they have to go off and Horcruxes with no real plan of survival other than whatever Hermione can conjur up. The movie as a whole make it seem as if the whole world is against Harry, and the other two by association. They all struggle to hold on to their sanity, and they were all forced to protect their families. Hermione gets the worst end of the stick here as she is forced to wipe her parents memory of her and their own personal lives.
The gang goes through many more deaths, realizations, fights, and near death experiences. I can only assume that like myself, the rest of the audience if fully enticed the entire time.
As all that drama has been unfolding, Hermione has been reading a book that Dumbledore left her in his will, and it has a symbol that keeps popping up. They first saw it at Bill and Fleur’s wedding on a necklace that Luna’s father, Xenophilius, was wearing, and then it showed up again on a grave in the cemetery at Godric’s Hollow. They’re pretty sure it must be significant, so the gang decides to go visit the Lovegoods to find out more about the symbol and its meaning.
They then make a trip to the Malfoy house to retrieve information, but there is Bellatrix Lastrange, but not only does she torture Hermione for information, but she ends up killing Dobby, the ex house elf who came to the aid of the trio in their time of need. That is the ending of the beginning of the end, and it is in fact a sad one.
