User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4192942-20110723223022

What does Harry Potter mean to me,a 49 year old woman? I was hesitant to read the books or see the movies. I am a Christian and had heard so many negative things. However, I met my husband about the time the third movie came out. He convinced me they were not 'evil'. I watched and read, completely engrossed in the story of a boy who, despite the fact he is an orphan and is raised by such evil foster parents, he flourishes and overcomes the greatest evil of all. I am a social worker and at that time I worked in a group home for foster children with horrible behavior problems. There was a certain young boy there, who had been put up for adoption when he was very small. He had been adopted by a family, along with his three siblings. Due to a horrible act he committed in the family, he ended up in the group home where I worked. One day I saw him reading Harry Potter. It all became clear to me. He was the boy under the cupboard. He had horrible demons to fight. I totally understood. I think of him often when I watch the movies over and over, or when I reread the books for the 10th time. I don't know what has happened to him but I hope he has defeated his Voldemort. I hope he is living a good life, triupmphant over the evil he has experienced. If he is, I know there is still a bit of sadness in him, like Harry.