User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4152399-20110715211000

Harry Potter is a very large part of who i've become. When I was younger I never read anything unless School forced me to. Then my Dad took me to see the first Harry Potter book and my life changed forever. I got home and read the first book, then second and so on. It turned me into a reader, which turned me into a hardworking student, which resulted in me getting free tuition in college for two years. Harry Potter's world took me in more than any fantasy book could manage. It is in many ways the book and movie series I would look to to relive my childhood. I went to see the final movie today and when it began to reach the end of the film my throat tightened and I couldn't stop crying. The film ends with that beautiful music that lifts my spirit and the train leaving Platform 9, showing life does go on. I cried more at the end of this film than I did at my own High School graduation. It will stay with me for my entire life and I already feel the pangs of longing as I realize there are no more movies or books to look forward to. But for the magical adventure I did experience, I have to be thankful beyond words to this series. Harry Potter means the world to me, as it does for an entire generation.