User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4171164-20110719195948

Harry Potter is to me a longtime childhood friend. He is someone I can relate to. When I read the first book, I was the exact same age as Harry. When I actually finished the series, I was again the same age as Potter. I grew up with him. I was mocked when I was young. I knew how he felt in the muggle world. I have been looked down upon from aunts and uncles and have felt like everything will just keep being bad. I wanted to escape in a different world of my own. Harry still had a good heart and I idolized that. I looked up to his good ways and even though I had many troubles in life, I made sure I was a good person. Harry Potter means to me what it means to a lot of other people, a longtime friendship.