User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4165686-20110718191049

do you konw what harry potter means to ME? well, i think it's great to read. It teaches you lessons you might not know. for example, it teaches you about friendship. a prime example is the friendships between the three main characters, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, and how they overcame some obstacles together. It also teaches you about courage, and to overcome that one fear you have. For example, Harry was afraid of people dying for him, and so, he overcame that fear, and concluded that if he died for them, they'd get better; He wasn't afraid to die, unlike Tom Riddle, a.k.a Voldemort. Since he wasn't afraid to die, he was the boy who lived, twice. Harry potter teaches many things, whether you know it or not. Harry Potter is about adventure, family, friends, and the relationships with them. Also, i harry potter is an alternate life for me. I like to visualize myself as a smart, witty Ravenclaw, and I feel good about myself. Harry Potter to me is a book that I'll reread: I'll laugh, I'll sympathize, I'll dislike some characters, love some, I'll cry (especially when I read when Fred dies in the last book, *tear*), and I'll have fun just by reading, and visualizing. It's like when you give me chocolate; I go crazy, and cherish it forever. The Harry Potter series will probably be popular when I'm an adult, and many people will still crave it. I hope that people out there who are fans know what a true fan is; a person who likes, and cherishes the thing they are a fan of. It doesn't mean you have everything that's Harry Potter, although most of you do; I don't. It means that you love the series, or band, or book, or song, and actually would like to listen to it, or read it, or whatever, till the day you die. That's my definition of a true fan, and I'm a true fan of Harry Potter. Harry Potter to me is also a place where I can be friends with the characters, who I relate to, who I'd like to be around, all that stuff. I can do whatever I want there, but with magic. I've always had a fascination with magic, so Harry Potter was a perfect series for me to read. I'm glad my aunt got me into the series, and I thank J.K. Rowling for inventing Harry Potter while stuck on a delayed train. Thanks, and good-bye.