User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4142965-20110713144736

Harry Potter is the spirit of childhood. The first novel was released in 1998, only a couple years after the beginning of my elementary school education. The series grew with me, and suddenly, the years passed and it was July 2007. I had just graduated High School, and now the final book of the series had been released. However, thanks to the magic of the Harry Potter movies, I was lucky enough to be with the Boy Who Lived for awhile longer. Now, fast forward to July 2011. In May I graduated college with a Bachelor's degree, and on Friday the final film is released. Harry Potter has been there for me through every aspect of my childhood - education, homelife struggles, adolescent problems. And now, it's all come to an end. After the closing credits have wrapped after the midnight show early Friday morning, I will no longer be a youth. The end of the series marks the end of my childhood. I will be an adult. And it's because Harry and his friends, through the magical words of J.K. Rowling, have been there to guide me.