User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4188286-20110722203907

Well,, I started reading Harry Potter in first or second grade, when my best friend told me about the books, and I have been obsessed since then. Now i'm seventeen and, its like, I literally grew up with Harry Potter. Iv'e been through so much with him, faced teachers who wouldnt let me read the books during class because they thought J.K. Rowling was possessed, which is crazy. The point of Harry Potter is that love will always conquer over evil. I've learned so much from Harry, how to love people even though they've hurt you, and that everything is not always as it seems. I learned that everyone has a background and something that haunts them, and that everyone is carrying something on their shoulders, so not to judge people based on just their outward appearances. Like I said, Harry and I have grown up together. I'm now entering my senior year. With the end of the Harry Potter series came the end of my childhood. But i'll always carry Harry around with me. Ask any of my friends, i refer almost anything they say back to Harry Potter and am always quoting the books and movies. And I think no matter how many times I read the books, I'm still going to cry when Sirius, Dumbledore, and Dobby die. And i'm still going to laugh at all of Ron's stupid comments. And I'll always hate Umbridge. I know this is going to sound cliche'd, but Harry Potter is my life. And i think I'm definitely a better person now than I would have been without him.