Young Voice
Of Quidditch and Chocolate Frogs
It has been five years since I started living in a world of enchantments and fantasies. No, I'm not smoking pot, nor indulging with illegal stimulants that lead nincompoops to cloud nine.
I started living in a world of flying broomsticks, chocolate frogs, invisibility cloaks and time turners. I loaned my galleons for the chance of a lifetime, to live in Rowling's world of Harry Potter.
The first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone), provided a gateway for me and supposedly all of the readers to chance to earn the ticket to Rowling's immense imagination. It was an exploding start for a series. Harry being an orphan and in the domain of his horrid relatives, brings to sense a reality that having a family is never a choice but a gift.
Next, came the Chamber of Secrets. The characters were settled in and becoming quite used to troubles and mishaps. Amazing how a diary brings to life a massive past of excessive greed and desire for power. Harry showed that with ample hope and unceasing trust, there is always a way out of dilemmas.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban left readers befuddled with deciphering the unending paradox of time. I never really paid attention to how Harry and Hermione skillfully manipulated the ticking of the clock, what hit me is the importance of time itself. The old cliche goes; don't wait for tomorrow what you can do today.
The fourth installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire created fear to keen followers of the story. Voldemort has returned in flesh, and has the greatest urge to exterminate the pest hindering him from his dark reign, Harry Potter. This part revolves around competition. Competition has never been conceived to be negative; it's the participants who made it so. We might not be battling dragons and answer riddles of sphinxes, but we'll feel the same joy of triumph in the end. Let the games begin.
Book number 5 is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . The rebellion begins. Harry and his gang decided to stand up for themselves as no one was standing quite stably for them. In life, there are instances when you've got to stand up for yourself and fight in what you believe in. As long as you don't step on others and follow the norms, your revolt is within the boundaries of validity.
The sixth part, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, opens more twists and disappointments. It depicted a considerable potential for uncertainties. It illustrated a vast chance for ambiguity. Everything is never 100 % sure. There is always room for vagueness. Human as we are we should be ready and accept those wholly and without excuses. The Horcruxes maybe the key to Voldemort's downfall, but Harry should leave a space, even just a tiny one, for doubts and second thoughts. Trusting is a noble act. But trusting to much is a weakness. Settle some minute percentage of reservations for anything. I say so because not one of us is fate itself, not one of us is destiny itself. In any case, Snape was nothing at all but deceiving. So, where does his loyalty lie? Let's leave room for doubts.
Time will come when I'll grow out of Quidditch and Chocolate Frogs. Time will come when Harry's adventures will just be figments of my mind. But, never in my whole existence will I fail to remember the lessons and values I garnered from J.K. Rowling's creation.
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