User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4153879-20110716034137

What Harry Potter means to me: Harry Potter means having the courage to believe in yourself. Harry, Ron, and Hermione have taught me about love, friendship, trust, bravery, courage, and believing in yourself and what you can do. I grew up reading the books and watching the movies. A major part of my childhood was using sticks from the backyard as magic wands and using Harry Potter spells. Harry, Ron, and Hermione have all been through so much, and yet they come back ready to fight. And that's something that means a lot to me. I truly loved Snape. He spent his entire life trying to get her to love him, but all that time he knew she would leave him for James. And she did. He never had the chance to profess his love to her, and when she died, he was torn. Snape always hated Harry, and yet loved him at the same time. In Snape's last final moments, Harry made it all worth it just by sitting there, unknowingly reminding him of Lily. I think that the reason Snape hates Neville so much is because Neville could have been the Chosen One, meaning that Lily would have lived. And he hates the Golden Trio so much because together, they make Lily. Harry has her eyes, Ron has her hair, and Hermione was a smart Muggleborn. All of the characters mean so much. They all have their own unique attributes that make them.... amazing. Harry Potter is simply amazing. 7 books, 8 movies, 1 story.