User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4134396-20110710204619

I started reading Harry Potter when I was 11 years old. In that time, I had faced some difficult times. Some of those difficult times included things like moving schools, graduating high school, living life. However, I also lost an important person in my life. Right around the time Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix came out, I lost a family member. He was the type of family member that you let into your life. From his death, as well as Sirius Black's, I was able to really to feel and see what Harry was dealing with. It was my way of dealing with the pain. Harry Potter in so many ways is a British Version of myself. Never the top of his class, but not dumb. Always looked at to do what is right and always doubting his ability to do so. Most importantly, he, like Dumbledore, doesn't look to be in power but is forced to take the reigns. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Myself all grew up together and dealt with the trials that faced us together. I, like many others, was disappointed that I didn't turn out to be a wizard. However, With the way J.K. Rowling wrote, It almost felt as though I was one and that is what Harry Potter means