Harry Potter: The Story of Death NOT Life
I have grown up along with the most spectacular saga of our times, Harry Potter has affected my life with a great deal, like the lives of million others. This brilliantly designed universe has taught us the importance of love above all, in the cleverest way possible. In the recently aired reunion program of the series, one of the director’s of the movies quote, when Cedric Diggory dies in The Goblet of Fire, suddenly we all realize that this movie is not about life, it is all about death. Very finely written novel has exquisitely proven this fact in the first book itself, the death of Lily Potter at the Godric’s Hollow by the curse of Lord Voldemort sets the foundation of the whole story. This series is actually, explicitly, about death and separation. The books throughout their expansion journey, bloom the life out of death like a phoenix, moving again towards death and separation: like a cycle.
The Boy Who Lived is actually a child of death. Death of his own mother, an only living successor of her sacrifice. It very strongly signifies the power of love. How a true love, whatever it’s form is, even the one which leaves it’s trace in contact with death can powerfully rout the burgeoning evil.
Deathly Hallows are belongings of three most important characters of this story- the one who wanted to conquer death: Lord Voldemort, the one who defeated death: Harry Potter, and the one who chose death for love: Severus Snape. These appurtenances construct the story of death in a way to generate a hope for life. I believe Severus Snape understands the importance of sacrifice and love more than anyone in the story, the reason is: he lives it throughout his life. He most faithfully understands the importance of caring for those who live, and for those- who live without love.
The conqueror of death is not the one who is greedy to live, but the one who lives to the fullest. Albus Dumbledore, who is considered to be the biggest wizard of all times in the story, understands how important death is! He gives time to Harry Potter to live, and to prepare and to develop his strengths, to embrace death at the end. Considering Harry to be a horcrux Dumbledore knew from the beginning how the fate has to meet, but he still knew that the fate can be changed if there is no rapacity to live.
Lord Voldemort signifies a fear of mortality. He could go any far to triumph upon death, but alas! No one ever could, and no one ever would be able to do so. Breaking the soul into seven parts, by performing the most dreadful crime ever, actually is very sad, and again tells that how on the cost of just living: he is crazy about changing an eternal fate of life.
Harry Potter is one of the rarest writings of our times which exceptionally tells us how important it is to believe in death. It tells about life, it’s cycles, it’s journey but focuses upon how virtuous death should be. Death is just a darker side of life, it is itself not dark. It gives a hope of a new life- somewhere between two realms- it is a pillar to connect life to hope.
