I could not have asked for a better way for Rowling to have ended her series, other than the prologue (which I’m not going to focus this blog post on). I would have to say that I got the more emotional towards the middle, around when Dobby dies, than I have with all of the other books in this series, combined. Other than Dobby’s death, which is almost too painful to even think about, let alone skip over in this post, but I would like to focus more on actual scenes that had an emotional impact on me rather than just death, which everyone can relate to. My favorite scene in the entire series is the one in which Professor McGonagall calls upon the suits of armor and instructs them to do their duty and protect the students of Hogwarts. I’m really not sure why, but every time I read this, I get goose bumps and it reminds me of how much I love McGonagall. It could be that, in calling them to active duty, She could have, unintentionally, preformed the action that’s going to set the scene for the rest of the book: the battle between good and evil. Also, the scene from the Great Hall where Pansy Parkinson tries to turn Harry over to Voldemort and is followed by the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws drawing their wands on the Slytherins, signifying that they are willing to fight, and die, not only for Harry, but for the freedom for them and their families. I feel that in showing us this scene, she is setting up the emotional atmosphere, and preparing us for the battle at Hogwarts. The only scene that I could find to be problematic would be in the shrieking shack, right after Nagini attacks Snape. The moment, after he gives Harry his memories, he asks Harry to look him in the eyes in his last hope to view the eyes of the woman he had done all of this fighting for; this is such an emotional scene and I really wish that Rowling would have emphasized the importance of Snape asking Harry to look into his eyes, as it took me a few re readings before I even picked up on it.
My feelings towards Dumbledore only changed in that I grew annoyed with that fact that he hardly told Harry any of the vital information that he had needed on his mission. I understand why he never told Harry about the fact that he was a Horcux, in that he had to give himself over in a self sacrificing manor but the fact that he never told him how to destroy a Horcux annoys me. While, after gaining new background information on Dumbledore, I didn’t find the way I viewed him to have changed much, I can’t say the same when it comes to Severus Snape. When we read the “Prince’s Tale,” my opinion of Snape changes from he’s just a bad man to he’s a good man that has many mean tendencies. My views, regarding Harry, Ron and Hermione didn’t exactly change; rather, I fully understood who they were and the full contribution that they, as a character, brought to the series. My thoughts on these three never exactly changed, but, in this last book, we got to see them put all of their previous learnings/experiences to use and brought out the in true inner heroes they were always capable of becoming.
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