Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

I was wide awake at 2:00AM on Monday early morning. I was reading HP7. The action was nearing the climax and the suspense was palpable. The secrets just kept tumbling out of Snape's memory as Harry looked inside the Pensieve. It had been Snape all along. It had been Snape after all, the only person apart from Voldemort himself, that Harry hated the most, who had protected him from the Dark Lord all these years. That revelation was enough for me to shake off the sleep.

No one would have expected such a spectacular turn of events in the final book. That one twist was enough to proclaim this the best book of the series. Hat's off to JK Rowling to have completely stumped all the gossip-mongers and the fakes who were spreading rumours ranging from the death of harry to someone even mentioning a further eighth book. How can anyone have possibly imagined that it was Snape who had sent the Silver Doe Patronus & help Harry find the Sword of Griffindor. How can anyone have imagined that it was Snape who had sent Lord Voldemort after Harry on the day he was being transferred from the Durseley's to The Burrow only to make sure that Harry is safe. And Snape went ahead with these actions JUST because he LOVED Lily James. Amazing, what things love can make you do. Its not like he really liked Harry. In fact, Snape used to detest Harry as much as Harry used to hate him. This was imagination & creativity at its best from Rowling, the billionaire author. The other revelations like Dumbledore's life history & The Deathly Hallows were shocking too but The Prince's Tale takes the cake with a nice cherry on top. I could sleep for only 2 1/2 hours on Monday, knowing fully well that office beckons, early on Monday morning. Sitting in my cube and typing out this blog makes my bloodshot eyes burn. But, they are not as red as the Dark Lord's.This book was one helluva adventure ride and I have to admit that I am going to miss Harry Potter,Ron & Hermione, as much as others around the world are going to miss them, if not more. Long Live Harry Potter & his friends. Long Live JK Rowling.

3 comments:

Jaya said...

Umm.. I don't agree with you that guessing that Snape was a good man was off the cards.. Virtually every Harry Potter fan worth half his salt knew that Snape was so obviously bad in Book 6 that it would've been shocking if he weren't the gallantly brave man who he was (mistakenly caste in Slytherin if you ask me.. for bravery is a trait of the Gryffindors..) I was sure he was a good guy... Yeah Dumby having a darker side was a bit off-the-track. But the rest of it was very fairy tale in compliance for it to sate the many young kids who had their hearts set on the 3 main characters. :)

Vishysblue said...

hmm...dunno...most of the ppl i hv spoken to regarding snape were shocked too...anyways...maybe u were really worth your salt :)...but, one thing i would like to tell here is tht...snape was not such a good man either...he did all what he did only because of his love for Lily..everyman,good or bad has a weekness and his weakness was Lily..and if u remember, he even complained to Dumby regarding harry tht he is not a obidient student...he said he just like his father...so he did all wht he did only for Lilly and no one else...not for dumby..not for harry....

Jaya said...

True... Everyone needs some motivation to choose the good or bad in them... And if he chose the good out of his love for Lily (though it seemed a little fragile for all the sacrifices he made), good still reigned over evil.. So ode to Snape!!