To be brutally honest I have never been a fan of Harry Potter. I was too scared to watch the movies, the gruesome images of dragons and snakes and especially Voldemort was much too scary for me as a child. The only movie I had watched before this course was “Deathly Hollows part 2” with my friends when it came out in theaters about 4 years ago. I never wanted to read the books because as I kid I hated reading, mainly because I’m a very slow reader and it would take me forever to finish a book the size of Harry Potter. I have hated reading till this day. Having stated my minimal experiences with Harry Potter in the past and and my on going avoidance of Harry Potter you can imagine my surprise when I had finished both works to find myself wanting
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In the movie the scene in which we discovered that Snape had been protecting Harry this entire time really got me emotional and made me question the way I sometimes judge another’s character. It made me realize that I jump to conclusions a lot. For example, when I first moved into residence I ran into this person, that right off the bat I didn’t like, and for some reason my subconscious made the decision to dislike this person. After actually getting to know this person my view completely changed. Just as I had judged Snape based on the constant ridicule he had against Harry and his father in the text and the scene where Snape ordered the students of Hogwarts to hand over Mr. Potter. These scenes cemented my idea of Snape as an evil mastermind. But in the end we found out that Snape was in fact protecting Harry this entire time it made me realize how wrong I am to judge someone’s character before I truly get to know them. Re-watching the film this time for class made me really nostalgic, it brought back memories I had shared with close friends, when they dragged me to watch this movie with them back when it was first released. This memory means a lot to me because this was one of the early bonding experiences that truly …show more content…
I say yes, it absolutely is a part of a popular culture. As everyone’s frame of popular culture is different for something to be in one’s popular culture doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s apart of another’s. The fan craziness of the midnight releases of both the books and movies of this series definitely relates to experiences I have had lining up 20 or so hours for a pair of limited shoes that are considered the grail of the shoe world that is apart of my popular culture. For me Harry Potter was never apart of my popular culture, I never had the interest to line up for the books. However, I see the similarities. In both cases we are chasing something we are passionate about, for me its shoes and for die-hard Harry Potter fans it’s the books or the movies, either way I believe what differentiates everyone’s popular culture is the different passions we pursue.
In the past I had been dodging Harry Potter when ever I could, never even once tried to tackle the series. After have a true personal connection to the text and having been through an epiphany as a result of re-watching the film I had truly learned to appreciate the work. This experience has opened my mind to other things that I have been dodging in my life, this experience gives me the urge to explore what I’ve been missing out on, thanks
In the movie the scene in which we discovered that Snape had been protecting Harry this entire time really got me emotional and made me question the way I sometimes judge another’s character. It made me realize that I jump to conclusions a lot. For example, when I first moved into residence I ran into this person, that right off the bat I didn’t like, and for some reason my subconscious made the decision to dislike this person. After actually getting to know this person my view completely changed. Just as I had judged Snape based on the constant ridicule he had against Harry and his father in the text and the scene where Snape ordered the students of Hogwarts to hand over Mr. Potter. These scenes cemented my idea of Snape as an evil mastermind. But in the end we found out that Snape was in fact protecting Harry this entire time it made me realize how wrong I am to judge someone’s character before I truly get to know them. Re-watching the film this time for class made me really nostalgic, it brought back memories I had shared with close friends, when they dragged me to watch this movie with them back when it was first released. This memory means a lot to me because this was one of the early bonding experiences that truly …show more content…
I say yes, it absolutely is a part of a popular culture. As everyone’s frame of popular culture is different for something to be in one’s popular culture doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s apart of another’s. The fan craziness of the midnight releases of both the books and movies of this series definitely relates to experiences I have had lining up 20 or so hours for a pair of limited shoes that are considered the grail of the shoe world that is apart of my popular culture. For me Harry Potter was never apart of my popular culture, I never had the interest to line up for the books. However, I see the similarities. In both cases we are chasing something we are passionate about, for me its shoes and for die-hard Harry Potter fans it’s the books or the movies, either way I believe what differentiates everyone’s popular culture is the different passions we pursue.
In the past I had been dodging Harry Potter when ever I could, never even once tried to tackle the series. After have a true personal connection to the text and having been through an epiphany as a result of re-watching the film I had truly learned to appreciate the work. This experience has opened my mind to other things that I have been dodging in my life, this experience gives me the urge to explore what I’ve been missing out on, thanks