It’s an exaggeration to say that Harry Potter has been a big part of life; I don’t think I would be different without it. But it is true to say this phenomenon, both books and films, has been with me for so long it’s hard to remember i time i didn’t know Harry's name. The emotional ties I have to this are stronger than anything equivalent to this. It’s a special thing to have the security of knowing that friends I grew up with will, in these films and books, be here forever and unchanged, reminding me of things i might otherwise forget, like having our teacher read to us from the first book, going to see the third movie during a caravanning holiday, going off into the car with those who were reading the 7th book in the days after it came out to compare reactions. It’s nice to have these memories, not memories of Harry Potter, but memories of childhood into teen into 19 years old and being at university. It is with great fondness that in 50 days’ time, when the last link between my life and Harry is cast, I along with the millions of others will look back on what was a series of 7 children’s books and 8 films that have become some of the best and most treasured memories we will ever possess.
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