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'But I can't we can't I've got things to do alone now.' 'It's been like like something out of someone else's life, these last few weeks with you,' he tells her. But like Spider-Man, he is also aware of the burden that that role imposes: although he has developed romantic yearnings for a certain girl, he is wary of involvement, given his recognition of the dangers he will have to face. Like Luke Skywalker, he is eager to play the role of hero. Harry, who as an infant miraculously survived a Voldemort attack that killed his mother and father, is regarded as 'a symbol of hope' by many in the wizarding world, and as he learns more about the Dark Lord's obsession with his family, he realizes that he has a destiny he cannot escape.

Rowling describes as being abroad in the green and pleasant land of England read like a grim echo of events in our own post-9/11, post-7/7 world and an uncanny reminder that the Hogwarts Express, which Harry and his friends all take to school, leaves from King's Cross station - the very station where the suspected London bombers gathered minutes before the explosions that rocked the city nine days ago.

The Muggles' prime minister has been alerted by the Ministry of Magic about the rise of Voldemort. It is also a novel that depicts Harry Potter, now 16, as more alone than ever - all too well aware of loss and death, and increasingly isolated by his growing reputation as 'the Chosen One,' picked from among all others to do battle with the Dark Lord, Voldemort.Īs the novel opens, the wizarding world is at war: Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters have grown so powerful that their evil deeds have spilled over into the Muggle world of nonmagic folks. Rowling has assembled this giant jigsaw puzzle of an epic. It is a novel that pulls together dozens of plot strands from previous volumes, underscoring how cleverly and carefully J.K.

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