User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-129.82.212.54-20110718164943

To me, Harry Potter means crying the day you turned 12 because you didn't recieve a letter from Hogwarts. Harry Potter means spending your middle school weekends inside reading instead of having sleep overs with friends or whatever other kids did. It means changing the answers on your online sorting hat quizzes to make sure you were sorted into Gryffindor but then eventually accepting that their are many admirable qualities presented by Slytherins, especially Snape. It means truely believing in and learning from the morals and ideals that are presented through this incredible magical world. In Harry Potter, this magical wizarding land is just a setting for the characters that exibit more character and moral fiber than most of the people I've met in real life. Even if these plots were adjusted to take place in our normal muggle world, the lessons would still exist and Harry would have still taught me to be courageous, Fred and George would have still taught me to have a good sense of humor, Snape would have still taught me what true love is, Narcissa and Molly would have still taught me the importance of family, Hermione would have still taught me the importance of acedemia...I could go on and on about the lessons that all of the Harry Potter characters have taught me regardless of their magical abilities. I read the first Harry Potter book when I was 9 and now watching the final Harry Potter movie when I am almost 20. These books and movies have shaped my childhood and the childhoods of so many others. We grew up with Harry and now, when all of us are starting our adult lives, we can think of Harry, Ron, and Hermione sending their kids off to Hogwarts just as I will. My future children will be reading these stories and learning the same lessons I did. I'm even considering buying Tales of Beedle the Bard so they can have Harry Potter bedtime stories. Just because my adventure with Harry Potter has come to an end, there are still many more adventures to be had at Hogwarts. And if I ever get lonely or want to revist Fred, Dumbledore, Tonks, Lupin, or Snape, I need only open a book.