reading response 2                                                                                              Tabo Ceman

In the book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by JK Rowling, is the final installment in the Harry Potter series. This is where it all ends, where Harry goes after the Horcrux’s (part of Voldamort’s soul) and kills Voldamort. JK Rowling, shows how people solving issues shows what kind of person they are. She shows this in the ways Harry solves problems, the way Voldamort solves problems and how Hermione solves problems. She shows how the way you think describes you.

            One example of this is Hermione. On page 210 Harry, Ron and Hermione converse on how to kill the Horcrux. Harry and Ron just spill out ideas but Hermione try’s to solve the problem as she would usually; relying on a book. “There’s nothing in here” she says refering to the book. This shows how reliant she is on books. It shows how she’s a studious person who doesn’t think outside the box.  This is one way rowling shows how the way people solve problems shows what kind of people they are.

            Another way Rowling shows this is in Voldamort. Voldamort solves his problems by killing people in anger. “The green light flashed and the crippled goblin fell” pg 709. After he figures out Harry, knows about his secret horcrux’s he kills the goblin’s who were supposed to protect them. This shows how evil Voldamort is and how angry he is on the inside. The way he reacts to issues shows how he is and how different he is from other characters, like Hermione. Rowling uses this way of writing to show how different everyone is.

            My final example is Harry. Harry is a person so selfless that he lets himself die for the greater good. This is shown the way he responds to Voldamort attacking Hogwarts. “ He saw the lips move and the green light, then he fell” this is when Harry goes up to Voldamort and lets himself get killed, so Voldamort will die and there will be no more death. This shows how pure hearted Harry is and how Rowling uses character problem solving to show her characters personality.

            Rowling is an amazing writer. One of her great abilities is to create deep characters and she does this by making them so different from each other. One way she does this is by showing how characters solve problems. All in all this is an important factor of Rowling’s writing.