Protego! Expelliarimus! Avada Kedavra!
Got what the topic of writing is about? Oh you know it! It is all about ‘The-boy-who-survived’ & ‘He-who-must-not-be-named’ or You-know-who’.
First things first, very well written book. An enthralling read. I should say I took more time reading this one as compared to the rest of the series. I needed it. As all stories end, this one too had a happily ever after ending. Surely disappointing after the media mania it generated.
One doesn’t fail to notice the fact that the last book has been highly influenced by Bollywood movies. What? An English author influenced by Bollywood movies? Crazy or what? No, I felt so & eventually even you would if you follow the flow of events carefully.
Ok, let me give you some hints, the-miss-know-all girl Hermione Granger, in the first part of the book, is made to cry till her tear glands dry up. Shuks, for simplest of happenings. I felt this part was inspired by the K______ serial on star network.
Hmm… one more point where this becomes obvious is when ‘The-boy-who-survived’ separates from his foster parents the Dursleys. There is the ever-slight bit of tension & feeling of separation that is made evident. If that is not enough, when the three of them are at their hiding place, the initial treatment from the house elf Kreacher & then a u-turn in treatment. Don’t these remind you those monotonous family melo drama movies of late 80’s & early 90’s?
Another big hint indicating the connection is the escapes the three of them make every single time they are chased/caught by the bad guys here they are called death eaters. Be it at lovegood’s place, Mafloy manor, Ministry of Magic or N number of times they are in trouble. I personally liked Dobby come to their rescue part.
Towards the end of the book, one thing that totally confused me was that Harry was himself a horcrux. A Basilisk can destroy a horcrux. Now if we recall, in The Chamber of Secrets, the same basilisk fang punctures Harry but nothing happens, but it can destroy the book. Missing something somewhere.
The point at which I deeply felt a strong connection between Bollywood and this book was the last fight scene. All magical creatures are now on the good guy’s side, Harry’s & come out in open to fight You-know-who. This time you-know-who doesn’t have any protection left even if he was one of the most powerful wizards. He is finally martyred. A simple spell beats a killing one! Wow! A mediocre teenage wizard can survive a killing curse while one of the most powerful wizards can’t. Yeah at this point you do feel that the author was itching to finish the book & say: Thank You. Good Bye.
I liked the Ron character, he did end-up doing some valiant stuff. After all what more can one ask for than a beautiful, clever witch for a girlfriend?
Suspense has been a part and parcel of the book though at points it seemed obvious there have been enough twists and turns to the Riddle. The most well concealed one is of Snape giving the sword & the mystery of his patronus. The part of deathly hallows, I felt would have a larger impact than the just man-o-man duel at the end.
2 comments:
You forgot 2 points.
1. Harry was said to be a descendent of one of the 3 brothers who cheated death. And in the 6th book, Marvolo also yells that he is the direct descendent of that same dynasty. So are Harry and the Dark Lord related?
2. Voldemort cd not kill Harry as his wand was not powerful enough. But then, how could he kill himself with the same wand?
Very good observation. matlab ek aur bollywood connection chacha-bahtija/mama-bhanja types. This twist to riddle is like murli's doosra.
Voldemort cd not kill himself or Harry with his wand. Very true. There was some connection. If u read carefully he uses a very powerful wand unclaimed by very ordinary wizard, who happens to be on his side, Draco Mafloy's. But, without uttering a killing spell/thinking of one how could Harry kill Voldemort? I'm flummoxed. Any insights will help.
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