User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4129815-20110709013654

To me, Harry Potter represents the intense imagination and excitement of childhood and the coming-of-age of my generation. When you're a kid growing up, the world isn't limited by reality and Harry Potter came at a time when our minds' were expansive, imaginative and animated enough to dive into the amazing and intricate world created by J.K Rowling. Even though the HP world is fictional, growing up with these books provided the playground and opportunity to work out the intense issues you're coming to grapple with as you mature with characters that feel as real as your true friends, so that you hold your breath for them at every turn. Harry's journey was the 'living' metaphor of the intensity of adolescence when we all began considering the nature and meaning of good and evil, love, friendship, family, loyalty, honor, ethics and sacrifice. HP to me, represents the trials, tribulations and absolute fun of growing up.