By the way, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows is 759 pages.

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Why Harry Potter Is Better The Second Time...

The second time reading Harry Potter is WAY better than the first time. First, Harry Potter books are complicated beyond belief. In no way they are a sappy love story, or intense action book. They are more than that. They are all elements of a book wrapped into one. Reading Harry Potter books the second time isn't as suspensefull, but trust me it is still exciting. But the second time reading the Harry Potter books you are able to connect all the puzzle pieces together. Rowling has an amazing ability to connect everything together, and make every small detail have a purpose. Unexplainable things in previous Harry Potter books, such as when Harry recieves the Invisibility Cloack in the Sorceror's Stone, is explained and becomes even more significant in the Deathly Hallows. Every action of Severus Snape finally becomes explainable in the last book, and the true motives of all of the characters are show. That's another thing I love about JK Rowling. She never just sticks a character in for no good reason. EVER character has a purpose, and a small detail in an earlier book in significant in another. How the heck she is able to tie every single detail together amazes me beyond belief and I have no clue how she does it. That's why I believe she is such such an inspiring author. Reading the Harry Potter books a second time helps you to focus on these details instead of just the story line. You are able to look at the total effect of every single detail, which in turn helps to better understand the book. I love these books, and I could never read a 759 page book if it wasn't Harry Potter.

Please, JK Rowling. Start another series.

The Boy Who Played Dead, And Defeated Voldemort At Last

Harry awakes from the magical scene with Dumbledore, and is back in the forest. He decides to act like he is dead. Voldemort first asks "The boy... Is he dead?" and sends Narcissa Malfoy over to inspect him. She asks Harry, "Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle?" and Harry replies yes. She then tells Voldemort that Harry is in fact dead. For victory, Voldy threw Harry in the air a couple times and Harry had to remain still. Voldy then made Hagrid carry "dead" Harry through the people. He carried Harry with his heavy tears beating upon him. Voldemort then announces to the people "Harry Potter is dead. He was killed as he ran away, trying to save himself while you lay down your lives for him. We bring you his body as proof that your hero is gone." They arrive to the castle, and Harry can hear all his loved ones crying, but is then laid at Voldy's feet and he proclaims to the crowd of people how cowardly Harry is. Neville is so angry that he tried to charge Voldemort, but fails. Fortunately he doesn't kill Neville but explains, "You show spirit and bravery...you will make a very valuable Death Eater." but Neville screams for the DA and instead Voldemort sets a flaming Sorting Hat on Neville's head and proclaims that there is no more sorting at Hogwarts; all students are Slytherins. Then, people begin fighting, so do giants and centaurs, and then Harry puts the Invisibility Cloak over himself and helps Neville break free from the curse, then Neville cuts off Nagini's head. Harry luckily helps to protect Neville with a Shield Charm. Hagrid then realizes that Harry is gone and yells "HARRY-WHERE'S HARRY?". Fighting then broke out again, and Harry is ready to pursue Voldemort. McGonagall is fighting Voldemort with Kingsley and Slughorn, and Bellatrix was fighting Luna, Ginny, and Hermione until Mrs. Weasley came in and finished her off. Finally the evil Bellatrix Lestrange was put to rest. Voldemort got soooo angry and tried to kill Mrs. Weasley, but Harry saves her with a Shield Charm. Then, the moment of truth: Harry takes off his invisibility cloak. It was down to the two of them. Voldemort claims that he is only alive by accident, and he taunts Harry with the idea of love. But Harry claims that he is more powerful because of his love. Harry then reveals the truth about Dumbledore's death, and how he loved Lily and how their patronuses were matching does. Harry then tells "Riddle" to try for some remorse. Harry then tells Voldemort that the wand will never work right again because since Dumbledore's dead was planned, he will be the last true master. But since Draco disarmed Dumbledore, he is the true master of the wand. But since Harry disarmed Draco, the Elder Wand is his! Then they both shoot out their famous spells: Harry says Expelliarmus and Voldemory says Avada Kedavra. This causes the Elder Wand to fly through the air, and into Harry's hand, and then Voldemort's Killing Curse bounce back into him and he is dead! Woooohooo. After some silence for the reality to set in, everyone cheers for joy! Harry needs alone time, so he puts on his cloak and is rejoiced to see all the happy families. He then finds Ron & Hermione and they go up to the headmaster's office, and all the portraits clap for him. He then arrives at Dumbledore's portrait, and finds him crying tears of joy. He asks Dumbledore what to do about the Hallows. He said he dropped to Ressurection stone in the forest, which no one knows about, and he wants to keep the cloak. As for the elder wand, he feels that he must return it to Dumbledore's grave because it is "more trouble that it's worth".
The book ends with a scene 19 years later. Harry & Ginny are married, and so are Ron & Hermione. They are taking their children to Platform 9 3/4 to go to Hogwarts. James, the oldest, is already enrolled in Hogwarts and is coming back for another year. It is Albus' first year at Hogwarts, and Lily is too young to go yet. They run into the Ron, Hermione, and their kids Hugo and Rose. They then see Draco Malfoy with his son, Scorpius, and his wife, who is unnamed. Ron tells Rose to beat Scorpius on every test, and thanks god that Rose inherited Hermione's brains. James runs off the train and tells the parents that he just saw Teddy Luping kissing, or should I say snogging, Victoire Weasley (Bill & Fleur's daughter). Ginny tells James to give "Neville our love", because he is a professor of Herbology now. Harry then tells Albus that the is named Albus Severus after two great Headmasters of Hogwarts, and one was actually a Slytherin, but he also told him to tell the Sorting Hat his opinions because it takes them into account, like it did with Harry. The book ends, saying "The scar had not pained Harry for 19 years. All was well". And they lived Happily Ever After...

Harry Must Die..

"Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

That is the truth. And Harry has come to accept it. He then leaves Dumbledore's office with the Cloak and finds tons of people dead. He stops to tell Neville that the snake is must be killed, and then sees Ginny from under the Cloak, which is very hard for him because he is dying to talk to her one last time. He walks into the Forbidden Forest and the remembers the Snitch. He puts his lips to it and says "I am about to die", and it opens. In it lie the Resurrection Stone. He then realized that the dead people he loved were not coming to him, he was coming to them. Then Lupin, Sirius, and his parents appeared. They tell him how brave he has been and how proud they are of him. He then asks them if death will hurt, and Sirius tells him that it is easier than falling asleep. Harry feels guilty about their death, and they all reassure. They then tell him that they are invisible to everyone but Harry, and they are there to comfort him. After passing Yaxley and Dolohov, he then finds the Dark Lord. He drops his cloak and the stone, so all of his protectors disappeared. He explains that it didn't matter, for this moment was between only him and Voldemort. Hagrid, bound up in a tree, yells to Harry not to surrender, but he is then silenced by a Death Eater. Voldemort approaches him, and all Harry can think about is kissing Ginny. Then, all Harry saw was green light and then everything was gone. Then, King's Cross. Best Chapter Ever! Harry then wakes up naked, but then wishes for clothes and they then appeared out of thin air. He then found a "small, naked child, curled on the ground" that was making noises, which kind of scared Harry. He wanted to comfort it, but felt repulsed by it. He then heard someone say "You cannot help" and there appeared Albus Dumbledore. He tells Harry how brave he is, and that he is dead, but Harry is not. Dumbledore explained that when Voldemort killed Harry, he only killed the part of his soul that was in Harry's body, because Harry was the seventh Horcrux that was never meant to be made. The fact that Harry accepted and embraced death made him stronger that Voldemort, who feared it. That is what helped Harry to defeat Voldy in the sky. When asked where he thought he was, Harry replied that he believed they were in a clean King's Cross Station (hence the chapter title). Harry asks about the Hallows, and Dumbledore says they indeed do work. Harry, he explains, is a relative of Ignotus Peverell, one of the 3 brothers. Dumbledore goes on to tell Harry about Ariana's death and how ashamed he was of it. Dumbledore claimed that at one point he did have all 3 hallows, but then realized that Harry is the true master of the Hallows because he isn't afraid of death. He also explained to Harry that he hoped for Snape to have the Elder Wand, which didn't go as planned. He then gave Harry the choice to stay, or go back. Of course Harry chose to go back, he had to finish of Voldemort!
Great quote: "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pit the living, and, above all, those who live without love." Aww.

The Truth About Severus Snape. He's a Good Guy After All!

Snape & Lily on the playground; the first scene Harry sees in the Pensieve

Fred is dead. Wow. Ron suddenly becomes so angry, and ready to kill tons of Death Eaters. But Hermione tells him that they shouldn't be killing people, but rather Nagini, which Ron finds no satisfaction in. In hopes to find out where Voldy is, Harry finds him through his thoughts, sitting in a quiet room with Mr. Malfoy. Lucius is worried about Malfoy, and claims that they need to stop the battle because maybe Harry is already dead, but the Dark Lord replies that Harry will come to him and then sends Lucius to find Snape. Harry finds out that Nagini is in mid-air in some sort of "enchanted, protected space". Harry realizes that Voldy is in the Shrieking Shack. Before Harry puts his cloak on, he almost gets killed, but Hermione saves the day. The trio then finally gets it on an is able to see all the madness. The find that even Peeves is participating, dementors, even one of Hagrid's huge giant relatives. Ron then punches Malfoy and yells at him "That's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two faced bastard!", and Hermione stuns as Death Eater. As they find their way to the Shrieking Shack, they help save some people on their side, and hurt others. The trio finally arrives under the Cloak, finding Snape & Voldy talking. The Dark Lord has realized that the Elder Wand isn't working very well because he isn't the true master: Snape is. So Voldy then orders Nagini to kill Snape by Parseltongue, and two seconds after he says "I regret it", hmmm. They then come out from the Invisibility Cloack, and in the midst of his death, Snape orders them to take his memories that are seeping out of his body. Eww. The trio runs out and into the castle, and find that Lupin and Tonks have died too, which shocks Harry. He then runs up to the headmaster's office to find out the truth behind Snape from his memories using Dumbledore's Pensieve. Harry finds out that Snape and Lily (his mom) were best friends, which led to Snape's undying love for her. Snape gets really jealous over James and Lily, and James later beats up Snape, which results in Snape calling Lily and mudblood and the end of their friendship. Harry then sees Snape pleading to Dumbledore to keep Lily & her family safe, because he had recently heard about the prophecy. The next scene Harry sees is another one between Snape and Dumbledore, where Snape promises to keep Harry safe, only if no one is to ever find out about it. He sees other scenes where Snape confides in Dumbledore about Death Eaters in the school, and one where he is helping heal Dumbledore's hand. Then, the big shocker comes, Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him. It was all part of a plan. Then, Harry finds out that there is a part of Voldemort living in Harry, and he must die from Voldemort so that the part of Voldemort's soul dies too. This explains the connection between the two. Snape gets angry at Dumbledore, because he thought he was trying to "keep Lily Potter's son safe" and not be "raising him like a pig for slaughter". But he shows Dumbledore his patronus: a doe, to prove that he still loves Lily. Later, Harry finds that it was Snape who told Voldy the correct night of Harry's departure from Privet Drive, for Dumbledore told him to do so, and he also told him to devise a plan to give Harry the sword. IT WAS SNAPE ALL ALONG.

Oh the stupid diadem... Time for destruction!

Harry & Malfoy escaping the Fiendfyre and capturing the diadem of Ravenclaw.

Yay, for staying up until 1 AM to finish the book! 759 pages are completed!
Now time to blog about it....
So as soon as Harry realizes that he knows where the diadem is, he begins sprinting towards to ROR. He then runs into Ron & Hermione on his way there. They tell then that they have been in the Chamber of Secrets collecting basilisk's fangs from the skeleton, and destroying the Hufflepuff cup (which Hermione destroyed. Go girl! One more Horcrux down). Ron was surprisingly able to open the Chamber with his secret parseltongue skills that he copied from Harry from the forest. The trio are reunited alas and run to the ROR, where they find the Weasleys, Tonks, and the Longbottoms (even Neville's granny). Then, in the midst of high emotions, Ron & Hermione kiss! Awa... They then leave the ROR, because it must reform into the Room of Hidden Things. They then leave the room and find that the fighting has began! There is dueling and people shooting jinxes galore! Finally the trio enters the ROHT to find the diadem, and then runs into the trio of Slytherin: Crabbe, Goyle, and Malfoy. Dun dun dun... Crabbe and Goyle then go crazy and begin throwing spells to trying at kill Hermione, but then Malfoy tells them not to because the Dark Lord wants them alive. Harry then disarms Goyle in this momentary conversation, then they all begin shooting curses at each other, but it was Hermione's stunning spell that hit Goyle. Crabbe then being the very smart person he is, sets the room on fire. But not with ordinary fire, a magical fire that pursues and chases its victims. This fire, that has shaped into various scary objects surrounds the trio, and they are trapped until quick thinking Harry grabs two brooms and they fly out of the monstrous fire. But not before his good conscience kicks in. He sees Malfoy, and the stunned Goyle trapped in the fire, and swoops down to save them. Ron is pissed and yells at Harry "IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I'LL KILL YOU, HARRY!". Which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. So Malfoy was on Harry's broom, and Ron, Hermione, and Goyle are on another. Harry turns back to grab the diadem, luckily gets it, and they narrowly make it out of the room. After they get out of the room (that then disappears), Malfoy realizes that Crabbe is indeed dead. Again, he is very smart. His own flames killed himself. The realize that Ginny is gone, then the diadem oozes a blood/tar goo and breaks apart. Hermione realizes that it must've been the cursed Fiendfyre. They realize that all that's left is Nagini! Soon, the turn the corner to find that the Death Eaters have penetrated into Hogwarts. Then, the castle seems to have been blown up, and they come out the rubble to find Fred dead.... :(

And So The Battle Begins!

The Grey Lady: The ghost from which Harry finds the truth

So, Voldy is at Hogwarts. I repeat he is at Hogwarts. McGonagall tells the students in the Great Hall that anyone is is 17+ can stay at fight. Then, Voldemort's voice chimes in through Hogwarts and he says that not a single wizard will be killed if they simply hand over Mr. Potter. Their pure blood is too precious to lose! Although a couple of Slytheirns, cough Pansy cough, want to give Harry over, McGonagall refuses. The loyal people of Hogwarts stay, which is most of Gryffindor and some of Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw, and are told the plan of action from none other than the very intimidating Kingsley. In the midst of the hubbabaloo, Harry then remember the diadem and then take off to go look. Since no one has seen it in living memory, who better to go to than the ghosts of Hogwarts! First, Harry goes to Nearly Headless Nick, who tells him where the Gray Lady (the ghost of Ravenclaw) is. He directs him over to the Gray Lady, who tells him about the history of the diadem. It ends up that Ravenclaw's daughter stole the diadem, ran off to Albania with it, hid it in a tree, and then was then killed by the Bloody Baron. She has told no one about her story except Tom Riddle, and Harry figures out that he must've then gotten it, and put the diadem back in Hogwarts when he asked Dumbledore for a job. Harry then runs off to go look for it, then runs into Hagrid and Fang, and they continue off running. They past some gargoyles which remind Harry of a broken bust that he put a wig and old tiara on in the ROR. He then believes that this ugly old tiara is in fact the diadem!

In the 600's! And things are getting intense.

Snape & McGonagall! 

So, now that Harry is dead set on looking for the diadem, first he needs to know what he's looking for. Luna offers to take him up to Ravenclaw Tower and show him what it looks like from the statue in the room. Immidiately when they get up there, they are found by the Alecto Carrow, one of the evil people who took over Hogwarts. She immidately presses her dark mark, which not only summons Voldy, must also Amycus Carrow and Proffesor McGonagall. Before those two get there, Luna stuns her. When he gets there, he doesn't see Harry because he hid under the Invisibility Cloak.  So he makes up a lie for when Voldy gets there, but McGonagall gets pissed and Amycus ends up spitting on her. Harry gets pissed back and curses Amycus, and then he tells McGonagall that he must find the diadem because it's too late to run form Voldy. McGonagall decided to help him, and gather with the other teachers to protect the school. They run off, but then run into Snape. The tension is running high between the two until the other teachers come. They all then do everything in their ability to protect the school with various charms and magical plants. Harry then heads back to the Room of Requirement (I'm gonna call it ROR from now on), and the Heads of the Houses get all their students moved into the Great Hall. Now the Slytherins must choose Voldy or Hogwarts because a battle is brewing! Harry then finds even more people in the ROR, even the Weasleys and Lupin. They then make everyone go to the Great Hall, except the Weasleys and OOTF members. Ginny pleads to fight, but they all think she's too young. The chapter then ends with Voldemort appearing outside of Hogwarts, sooooo angry and ready to take down some students.

Saved By Dumbledore! Aberforth That Is...

In the midst of yet another scary run-into with Death Eaters (and Dementors this time), Harry hears someone whisper to him "Potter, in here, quick!" Without hesitation, the trio run into the upstairs of Hog's Head to discover that their savior was none other than Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus' younger brother. He tells some lies to convince the angry Death Eaters that it was his patronus (a goat), not Harry's stag. While upstairs, Harry notices a portrait of Ariana Dumbledore, and a mirror below it, which Harry discovers that it was Aberforth who helped him using the mirror piece. Aberforth was instructed how to use the mirror from Albus after buying it from Mundungus Fletcher in hopes to keep an eye on Harry. They mystery of the doe patronus is still there because they find out that he didn't send it because his patronus is a goat. Aberforth advises him to go to the mountains out of the madness, but Harry wants to stay and continue on the mission Albus left him. Aberforth gets angry and he advises Harry that the mission could get him killed. Harry questions why Aberforth is anti-Albus' plans, and he then tells Harry the story of his life. He explains how Muggle boys attacked Ariana, causing her to become traumatized and how Mr. Dumbledore attacked the boys back, which caused him to go to Azkaban. They tried to keep the whole thing very low profile so no one found out about Ariana. Later, Ariana accidentally killed Kendra due to her uncontrollable magic. Ariana was later killed in a duel between Albus, Aberforth, and Grindelwald, because Aberforth was angry that Albus was abandoning the family to go travel with Grindelwald. After discussion and disagreements, Harry demands to that he must get into Hogwarts. Aberforth shows him the only way to get into Hogwarts that hasn't been closed: the portrait of Ariana. After he shows Harry the tunnel, Neville appears all bruised and cut, but ecstatic to see Harry. The three climb into the painting with Neville, and he then explains the harsh punishment the teacher of Hogwarts, such as the Carrows, perform on the students, hence Neville's cuts. Neville has led the Dumbledore's Army, and has been constantly rebelling against the Death Eaters, which led to an incident with a Death Eater and his grandmother. They eventually end up in the Room of Requirement, and are greeted by Seamus and other members of Dumbledore's Army. A bunch of other friends of Harry show up and a ready for a fight, but Harry explains that that is not why he is here. He explains how exactly he needs to destroy Voldemort, and is searching for an object of Ravenclaw's. Luna, of course, tells Harry that is is probably the lost diadem.

The Escape & New Plan

The three are lucky again as the avoid multiplying treasure and angry goblins and find refugee with the half-blind dragon. They get off the dragon and jump into a lake. Kinda unsure how they survived that whole Gringott's experience and a dragon all in one day. The plus is, the have the Horcrux! But dang Griphook is a conniving goblin, so they unfortunately don't have anything to destroy it with. Finally they have some bad luck... Despite their worry, the three begin laughing about how lucky they have been and their success with breaking into Gringotts. Harry is able to see how angry Voldemort is about Harry breaking into Gringotts. He kills a few goblins out of rage after questioning them. Harry is also able to listen to Voldemort think about all the Horcruxes, which reveals secrets about the last Horcrux. Harry finds out that Nagini is indeed a Horcrux, and that the last Horcrux (the diadem) is hidden in Hogwarts. Voldemort decides to revisits the shack where the ring was hidden and the lake where the locket was to ensure they are safe. He also is planning to tell Snape that Harry is probably headed for Hogwarts. Harry snaps out of his trance and immediately tells Ron & Hermione what he saw, and also tells him that the last Horcrux is at Hogwarts. So the trio then heads over to Hogsmeade, or the village near Hogwarts, under the Invisibility Cloak, in hopes to go get to the last Horcrux before Voldy-Mort does. But when they finally get to Hogsmeade, an alarm goes off, and Death Eaters fly from their hideouts at Hogwarts and are positive that Harry Potter is in the premise. One of the Death Eaters attempts to summon Harry's cloak, but it doesn't budge. They also call in some reinforcements, the Dementors, which appear and Harry sets his Patronus off at, which instantly gives away his identity. Dun dun dun...

Bellatrix Goes To Gringotts; Starring Hermione

Finally, they have arrived at Gringotts. Hermione took a Pollyjuice Potion to become Bellatrix Lestrange, Ron is disguisted as a random guy, who Hermione calls Dragomir Despard from Translyvania, and Harry and Griphook are underneath the Invisibility Cloak. Unfortunately when they arrive, the run into Travers, a Death Eater. At first, Hermione acts super nice, but Harry whispers to her that she's acting too nice for Bellatrix and she begins acting more like her. When they get to the door, Harry Confounds the guards so they are able to get through. Hermione goes up to the counter and asks to get into her vault, but they notice that she has Bellatrix's wand, and they have been informed that it is stolen, so they believe they are impostors. Harry once again thinks quickly and uses the Imperious Curse, but only because Griphook told him to do so. The goblin which Harry cursed, called Bogrod, leads them onto a cart and through the Thief's Downfall. When they went through the Thief's Downfall, the curse was lifted from Bogrod, removes the pollyjuice potion's effects from Hermione, and Ron's disguise. It doesn't do anything to the Invisibility Cloak though, so Harry remains safe. They also use Clankers, this bag that produces a noise that scares off dragons, to scare off a half-blind dragon. Since Bogrod's hand is the only key to the Lestrange vault, he pushes his hand against the vault to open it for them, revealing loads of gold that begins to multiply is hopes of burying thieves. This multiplying gold and other treasures also is burning hot, which doesn't help the already stressful situation. Harry grabs the cup with the sword of Gryffindor, but when he is hoisted up by Hermione, he bumps a suit of armor that causes even more trouble for them. The treasure continues to multiply and begins to bury Bogrod and Griphook. Harry saves both of them, but greedy Griphook reaches for the sword which sends the cup flying through the air, forcing Harry to grab it with his hands. Griphook then runs off with the sword, and then betrays Harry and joins the clan of angry goblins.

Another Plan To Steal A Horcrux

After Dobby's funeral, the trio continues to stay at Bill & Fleur's house. The ponder over how exactly Dobby knew to go to the dungeon. They then decide to break into Gringotts, and they decide to let Griphook in on the plan. He agrees to help him, but only for a reward: the sword of Gryffindor. They need it for the destruction of the Horcruxes, so they decide that the will give him the sword, but not be specific on when they're gonna give it to him. Which Harry later finds out from Bill that deals with goblins are not very good idea. They start scheming this plan with him and Hermione will take a Polyjuice Potion to become Bellatrix so they can get into the Lestrange Family vault at Gringotts. Ted Tonks shows up, announcing that him and Dora had a boy and he asks Harry to be the godfather. Of course, Harry says yes. So, slowly the gang begins to leave Shell Cottage. Olivander leaves (but not before making Griphook angry about Muriel's tiara). Then the trio and Griphook head to Gringotts to begin their endeavor.

Uh-Oh. Way To Go Harry.

After having escaped yet another close encounter with Death Eaters, the trio made it out safely due to Hermione quick thinking again. They all then discuss the Deathly Hallows and debate the truth and existence behind them. Harry soon becomes very infatuated with the Deathly Hallows, and is set on the idea that the Resurrection Stone is inside the Snitch, so he tries every possible way to open it. Hermione then criticizes his infatuation and says he needs to focus more on the Horcruxes and not the Deathly Hallows. The three then listen to Potterwatch, the only truthful radio in the wizarding world that is not connected to the Ministry some-how. They inform them on all the recent deaths, such as Bathlida Bagshot and Ted Tonks. But unfortunately Harry slipped up and said the infamous V-word, and their protective charms broke and snatchers, one being Greyback, found them. Luckily, Hermione's quick thinking helps to disguise Harry and make his face swell up so the Snatchers can't easily identify them (but they still do). They are then taken to Malfoy Manor. OH NO! When they arrive, they easily realize that it's Hermione, but Draco can't quite figure out if it's Harry or not. Bellatrix (oh the evil Bellatrix) send HP and Ronnie down to the basement prison but holds Hermione up and tortures her on information on why exactly they have the sword of Gryffindor. She lies, and tells her it's a replica. When in the dungeon of doom, Harry and Ron find Luna (their wacky friend), Ollivander (the wand maker), Griphook (a golbin) and Dean Thomas (a Gryffindor friend). Harry then calls for help through his piece of mirror, and low and behold, Dobby saves the day! I know, what a shocker, it wasn't Hermione. Dobby frees Luna, Dean, and Ollivander and takes them to Bill & Fleur's cottage, but this noise of his disapparation causes Wormtail to comedown and investigate. Luckily, Harry & Ron are able to jump on him, but it was his own silver hand that killed him because he was betraying Voldemort by not killing Harry. The two go upstairs and Harry is able to disarm Bellatrix, but she is able to hold a knife against Hermione and demands they drop their wands. But then, Dobby saves the day again and drops the chandelier on Bellatrix. Luckily Harry, Dobby, Ron, and Hermione are able to disapparate but Bellatrix throws her knife just in the nick of time, and ends up killing Dobby instead of Harry. As they escape, Harry scar burys with the rage of Voldemort because he's angry Harry got away again. When the four arrive to Bill & Fleur's cottage, the find Dobby wounded and he dies while saying "Harry Potter". Dobby luckily dies a free, happy house elf who helped to save his beloved Harry Potter. The chapter ends with Voldemort stealing the Elder Wand out of Dumbledore's tomb at Hogwarts. Harry is able to see this all happen. Why? Psst. He's a horcrux.

The Truth Behind The Sign: The Tale Of The 3 Brothers

Chapter 21 (on page 405) begins with Harry questioning Xeno about the so-called Deathly Hallows. Surprisingly none of the three know about them. So, he explains that it corresponds to the Tale of the Three Brothers, which Ron was familiar with from childhood. Coincidentally, Hermione has the copy that she inherited from Dumbledore and she begins reading them the story. The story is about three brothers ( Peverell brothers) who were able to avoid death by building a bridge, and were rewarded by Death. Death (a cloaked figure) rewared the oldest brother with the Elder Wand (the most powerful wand in the world). The middle brother got rewarded with a resurrection stone (which is in the ring, which is in the Snitch). This stone gives the possessor the power to bring people back from the death. The youngest brother receives an invisibility cloak. The two old brothers die, whereas the youngest one dies peacefully with Death. Supposedly, whoever obtains all three items will be the master of death. After their brief story time, Harry goes up to Luna's bedroom, which appears un-used, despite Xeno's claim that she was down at the river. Harry questions Xeno about this, and he explains that Luna was taken hostage for publishing the Quibbler. He then casts a spell on the Erumpent horn, burying the three downstairs. In this time, two death eaters appear. They were probably summoned via the owl posted outside the house when Xeno supposedly went down to the stream to talk to Luna. Luckily, Hermione saves the three once again and leads them to a field, where they all are very angry at Xeno's betrayal. 

Off to find out the truth... From Xenophilius.

After the dramatic events regarding the Silver Doe, the gang is finally reunited. Although not everyone is happy with one another. Hermione is still not speaking to Ron, but he continues to catch up with Harry. Ron tells Harry about how those who say Voldemort's name are able to be tracked down (which helps to explain about how they were found earlier in the book at Tottenham Court). They then decide their next plan of action: to head on over to Xenophilius Lovegood's house. Hermione believes that Xenophilius (the father of Luna, Harry's friend) will help lead them to another Horcrux. But why Xenophilius? Of all people in the wizarding world, why him? Well, and Bill & Fleur's wedding, he wore clothes with a mysterious symbol on it. Hermione, unsure of what this symbol is has seen it in other places, such as the book that she inherited from Dumbledore. So after convincing Harry, off they go to the Lovegood's house to find out what it means. I personally think this another dumb decision of the group. They act so impulsively, and don't know Xenophilius' current state after all the madness in the wizarding world. They then apparate to a place close to the burrow, which is also close to the Lovegood's house. When they arrive at the house and knock on the door, he appears at the door only is acting a tad strange and not very willing to bring them into the house. Much more differently than at the wedding, he now is very antsy and scared. They begin to question him and ask where his daughter Luna is. Nervously, he replies, and says she is fishing for some Plimpes. They come inside, and see him printing out Quibblers (their magazine that supports [or supported] Harry). He quickly covers them up, probably because he now is printing pro-Voldemort papers. They also notice a statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, and he explains that she is wearing her lost diadem (a horcrux). Harry then begins to ask Xeno about the symbol he wore at the wedding, and he replies, "Are you referring to the sign of the Deathly Hallows?" The chapter then ends on that cliffhanger.

Post Locket Destruction

Finally, the locket is destroyed and happiness is returned to Harry, Ron & Hermione. They return back to their camp and begin to tell Hemione the story of how Ron saved the day & destroyed the locket. One would assume that Hermione would've been ecstatic to have her precious Ron return, but she was actually quite upset with him and punched him a couple times on the arm when she first saw him. Once she calms down, he tells him how the Deluminator has to power to detect conversations about the person holding it, and that was how he was able to return to them. Ron also brought a wand with him, that he gives to Harry.
I believe that this chapter shows how impulsive Harry can be. He so easily followed the doe, without really thinking much about it. I mean after all him & Hermione went through at Bathilda's house, you would assume he would think more about following a mysterious patronus. Also, this chapter shows a transformation in Ron. He is able to man-up in this chapter and avoid letting his fears and weaknesses get the best of him.

The Infamous Silver Doe

The silver doe, oh you silver doe, how you change the course of the book. For the best though. When Harry gets to the Forest of Dean, he is quite hopeless. But when he leaves? He has a newfound hope and enthusiasm. But why? It is due to a silver doe. Not a real doe of course, but a patronus. But the patronus of who? Severus Snape of course. Wait, not of course. I would've had no clue who's patronus it was if I hadn't already read the book. But why Snape? Him and Dumbledore had a plan all along. :)                  Anyways, about one of the best chapter of The Deathly Hallows. It begins with Harry and Hermione arriving at the Forest of Dean. While laying in his bed, Harry can't help but notice a silver doe appear outside in the forest. Curious, Harry leaves the tent in pursuit of the silver doe. He continues to follow the patronus until it stops over a frozen pond, where Harry find the sword of Gryffindor lying at the bottom of. The patronus then walks away, leaving Harry alone to retrieve the sword. He attempts to retrieve it without getting wet, but is unsuccessful. He then remember how Dumbledore first received the sword, so feeling inspired Harry (being the smart person he is) dives into the freezing pond to retrieve the sword. The locket of Slytherin, that is around his neck, begins to choke Harry as he tries to grab for the sword because it is able to sense danger. Luckily, Ron has recently returned back to Harry and Hermione with help from the Deluminator, so he eagerly dives into the pond to save the helpless Harry. When brought to the top, Harry is shocked and glad to see his best buddy there to save him. Harry then finds out that the doe patronus is not Ron's, but Ron believed it was Harry's, even though his is a stag. Harry decides to let Ron destroy the locket right then and there because he was the one to actually get the sword from the bottom. Harry is able to open the locket using Parseltongue, and then a voice starts talking to Ron. This voice beings to degrade Ron, but then Harry and Hermione appear and they begin to dis on Ron as well, then kiss. A very pissed off Ron yells to Ron to stab the locket, and he is able to destroy it. Yay! 

Wandless & Hopeless Harry...

So they get back from Godric'c Hallow (barley), Harry's wand is broken, and he begins to lose hope. Although some say "the wand is only as good as the wizard", Harry finds that false. He believes his wand has special powers that allowed him to fight off Voldemort during the broom chase. He begins to feel very angry as well because he feels very lost that Dumbledore left him without instructions. While at Bathilda's house, Hermione stole a copy of The Life And Lies of Albus Dumbledore. Her and Harry begin to read it, and find out "the truth" about Dumbledore (from Rita Skeeter's point of view, which isn't very accurate). They find out that Dumbledore and Grindelwald actually were friends when they were 17. Supposedly Dumbledore wrote Grindelwald a letter supporting the his fight against Muggles, and his whole 'Magic Is Might' platform where magic would rule over Muggles one day. This all makes Harry feel very helpless and lost about Dumbledore, and he begins to doubt the amount of love he actually had for Harry. Luckily Hermione was there to tell Harry that indeed he was loved by Dumbledore. Now I am just starting the chapter "The Silver Doe": My favorite chapter of the whole book! Besides the chapter King's Cross. Anyways, snow has begun falling and Harry and Hermione have changed their location to The Forest Of Dean. Soon something very significant is going to happen!

Harry & God: The symbolism in HP

An interesting part of Harry Potter (and also a convtroversial part) is the absense of God. I have some friends who go to Catholic schools, and they aren't allowed to read Harry Potter. I've always wondered why that is so.
Instead of focusing on a religion that Harry is able to find strength though, Rowling focuses more on the love that helps Harry to survive the evils. I find that is why HP is so attractive for teenagers. I find that religion sometimes confuses me, and I never am 100% sure with it. Harry Potter series illustrate a world where human emotion drives life, not a God, or an invisible hope. All of the world seems to wonder what it would be like if there was no God, and Harry Potter shows the world what that would be like. TIME magazine addresses this issue and say that "In the new millennium, magic comes not from God or nature or anything grander or more mystical than a mere human emotion."
Another subject of interest about the Harry Potter series is the lightning bolt on his forehead. The lightning bolt has caused concern because in Greek mythology it is known as "Thor’s calling card" who is the god of thunder, rain and fertility. Some are also worried because the swastika is a crossing of two lightning bolts.
Either way Harry Potter books are amazing.

Bathilda? or.... Nagini?

After feeling a sentimental connection to the location of Godric's Hallow, Harry feels compelled to travel there in hopes of discovering something. Harry and Hermione head to Godric's Hallow finally, and discover the place where both Harry and Dumbledore have gone through so much pain. At the hallow, Harry discovers the graves of his parents. On their grave it says "The last enemy to be destroyed is death". Seeing their graves causes Harry to cry, because he realizes truly how gone his parents are. He also discovers the symbol the the Deathly Hallows on a grave in the graveyard. This is the grave of Ignotus Peverell, who is one of the Three Brothers involved with the 3 Deathly Hallows. They then begin to look around the town, and find Harry's house, which they find left in ruins. Infront of the house is a plaque and statue that describe the events that took place in the house (how Harry survived the Killing Curse). While roaming the village, Harry & Hermione come across Bathilda Bagshot, the woman that Harry was hoping to find and discover some knowledge. She was very close to Dumbledore, and also was friends with Harry, so he was hoping to find some things out dealing with the Deathly Hallows. When they get into her house (which is very smelly and dirty), she leads Harry upstairs and he beings to believe that she might be giving him something special (such as the sword of Griffindor). When Bathilda finally gets Harry alone, she transforms into Nagini, the snake of Voldemort and also a Horcrux. Hermione is able to rescue Harry from Nagini and escape from Godric's Hallow without being captured by Voldemort, but unfortunately Harry's wand breaks.

GET THE HORCRUXES! But wait, Ron! Don't leave.

I have just ventured into a new chapter: The Goblin's Revenge. While in the forest camping out. The three of them discover a herd of Goblins that consists of Ted Tonks and Dean Thomas. They tell them that the sword of Griffindor is a fake, and that the real one is actually in the Lestrange (Bellatrix that is) family vault. They also discover from the portrait of Phineas Nigellus, the picture that Hermoine stole from the Grimmauld Place, a little bit of information on the sword. Phineas tells the three that due to being made by goblins, the sword contains the ability to absorb strengthening materials, such as basilisk venom. Basilisk venom was absorbs in the sword when Harry killed the snake in the Chamber of Secrets and when Dumbledore destroyed the ring, therefore it has the ability to destroy Horcruxes. At the end of this chapter, Harry and Ron get in a fight over whether or not Harry knows what he is doing on their quest and he ends up leaving Harry and Hermione. That's currently where I left off. I believe that the locket's negative effects definitely harmed Ron, and he was starting to become envious of the interactions between Harry and Hermione. I think what Ron did was very impulsive. C'mon Ron, don't leave your best friends. When he was given time to think his decisions through, he deeply regretted what he did, and realized it wasn't very wise to leave his best friendsd on this epic journey. That's why later in the book he returns. I think this part of the book without Ron definitley give Harry and Hermione the ability to be logical, and do some hard investigating without Ron's attitude in the way.
This book definitely reflects the selfish qualities of man. Ron become very selfish in this chapter. He only thinks of himself and not about the overall impact of this quest. He is overcome by all the negative feelings of greed, worry, and doubt that he acts impulsively.

And Harry's Journey Continues...

Again, plane rides are very conducive to reading a book. I'm about half way done with Harry Potter 7. I literally cannot put this book down. LOVE IT. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are now officially on their quest to destroy the Horcruxes. Kreature was able to capture Mundungus Fletcher, and he confessed that he sold the locket of Slytherin to Umbridge (the ex-professor of Hogwarts). They use the Pollyjuice Potion yet again, to transform themselves into Ministry workers. They barley get out of the ministry with the locket, but they are able to get it. Now, they have the locket, but aren't quite sure how to destroy it. They realize that the locket does have the ability to make whoever is wearing it's mood change.
Well, I did see the movie yesterday. Thank goodness I had already read the book before. So nothing was spoiled for me. There were some differences between the book and the movie. At the wedding for example, Harry uses the Pollyjuice Potion to become a little red-headed boy so the people at the wedding didn't know he was there. But in the movie, Harry came to the wedding as is. They cut out a lot of the scenes in the beginning, like when Harry sends off the Dursleys, Harry's birthday party, and when Harry, Ron, and Hermione discuss their plans. Also, Hedwig's death was a lot different than the movie. All and all, the movie was fabulous! Nothing like the book of course. :)

The Locket of Slytherin! One of the Horcruxes.

HP 7

          Harry Potter 7: My Book      Bill & Fleur's Wedding      The Symbol For The 3 Dealthy Hallows

After reading it a second time, I realize why I think it's the best of them all. I love JK Rowling so much as an author. Her ability to tie every single detail together in the end amazes me beyond belief. She writes with such description, and helps the reader to understand each character completely. This captures my interest like none other. I don't think I'd be able to read another 760 page book if it wasn't Harry Potter. I'm definitely an HP nerd. Haha. But anyways, Bill (Ron's brother) and Fleur just got married, so now Harry, Ron, & Hermione are off on their epic battle to destroy the Horcruxes, or the bits of Voldemort's soul that they must rid of before they can actually kill him. Harry is dead set on going to Godrick's Hollow (the place where his parents died & where he survived the killing curse), but they end up going to Grimmauld Place to talk to Kreature about where the locket is. Anyways... that's about where I left off. More to come!

Lots Of Reading On The Plane

I continue on reading HP 7. Everyone else has seen the movie, except me. I choose to ski down hills in Colorado instead. But I did get my Harry Potter fix on the plane. I read a good 100 pages, so thankfully I'm about a quarter the way through my book. Reading it a second time, I'm definitely a lot more aware of the significance of little things. I'm able to grasp the overall effect of small details as well.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: My SSR Book

Currently on page 80. Although I've already read this book two years ago, I'm reading it again before the movie comes out. Definitely when you ready a book the second time you have a better overall understanding of the concepts, and can easily pick up smaller details.