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=__//**HARRY POTTER TRIBUNE**// __= Harry Potter didn't know that he was special. He thought he was a normal young boy living with his wicked aunt and uncle after his

parents died in a car crash. But after mysterious letters flood his house on Privet Drive, he slowly begins to realize he may not be as 

normal as he seems. Despite his extended family's pleads, he gets sent to

Hogwarts Wizarding School for young witches and wizards. Soon after, he

befriended two other young wizards including bumbling Ron, and prodigy

Hermione. He is instantly recruited to the school's Quidditch team and things

seem to be going well. But Harry soon realizes that the loss of his parents was

more than a simple accident. Lord Voldemort, an evil tyrant, doesn't

understand why when he attempted to kill Harry all those years ago after slaughtering his parents, he failed and left him only with a

lightning shaped scar on his forehead. Now Harry has to battle for his family's legacy, as he is the boy who lived. Throughout his

heroic journey for the next seven years at and away from Hogwarts, Harry battles death eaters, dementors, and other parallel forces

to try to conquer Lord Voldemort.

=**//The Heroic Journey of Harry Potter//** = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone shows a clear use of the hero motif. In the book, Harry is abruptly jerked from his normal

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">world with the news that his parents were murdered, and that he is a wizard. The fact that he doesn't have parents is a common

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">device used by writers, and his introduction into the wizarding world is **The Separation.** He is taken to Hogwarts where his new

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">world is fully revealed. Harry Potter learns that his parents were brutally killed by an evil wizard named Voldemort. This is **The**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Call**, as Harry's journey is beginning at that point. Then there's **The Threshold**, when Harry passes through the brick wall the first

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">time he goes away to Hogwarts. **The Initiation** is when the Sorting Hat sorts Harry into Griffindor the night of his arrival. He begins

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">classes and soon discovers a secret room kept from students for a reason. There was a three-headed dog guarding a trap door, thus

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">being **The Test** for Harry and his friends. After passing many tests, Harry arrives in Voldemort's chamber underneath the school

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">only to discover that his Professor, Quirrell, was Voldemort's host all along. This is **The Abyss**, the moment of darkness and

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">indescribable challenge. Throughout the battle, Harry shows heroic traits such as courage, perserverence, and bravery as he

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">conquers his fears and defeats Voldemort. When he wakes up in the hospital, he has completed **The Return**. He now has the

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">strength to continue this journey over the next six years in order to vanquish Voldemort and his followers, the evils of the magic

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">society.

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Traits and Motifs **//
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">One of the biggest motifs of Harry Potter is Dumbledore, the wise old man of the saga. He mentors

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Harry, and in the end, commits the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of Harry and his journey. Also,

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">the fact that the magical world consists of castles, armor, beasts, and wizards, gives the story a

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">universal medieval theme, which is commonly used in fantasy children's stories. In addition, the

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">battle between good and evil is prominent throughout the entire series and is a common motif

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">found in hero stories. One common theme often in the background is the idea of a single superior

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">race, in this case the "pure bloods." Those that were born of two wizards were //pure//. This is found

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">not only in other heroic stories, but also found time and time again throughout history. Even our country has yet to grasp the idea

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">that all are created equal, as we have struggled with racism and bigotry. It has led to devastating genocide, Adolf Hitler's aryan race

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">is another example of one man's idea of superiority versus inferiority based solely on a superficial characteristic. Hermione,

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">although not born of wizarding parents, still has magical ability yet is accused of stealing her powers. The bible story David and

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Go<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">liath shares many similarities with Harry's story. Who is this boy who at a very young age repelled the Dark Lord's eternal forces?

<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">The weak beats the strong, and in this case th<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">e strong is well endowed with followers and his most<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> valued possession, the fear of

<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">others towards him. Harry's story is uplifting to the underdog, and this motif is used time and time again in our literature =**<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Videos **= [] []

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