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**__Plot Overview:__** The plot of Harry potter and the deathly hallows follows the sixth book and Harry’s quest for the 5 horcuxes. These horcruxes are the key to destroying the immortal Lord Voldemort who is out to kill harry as described in the prophecy. After Dumbledore’s death harry along with Ron and Hermione are left with clues in Dumbledore’s will to where the horcruxes are located and the necessary magic to destroy them. Harry, Ron and Hermione are endangered from Voldemorts followers as they trace them down in different locations across England. As they face many encounters with the death eaters they learn of the Deathly Hallows and their significance to Voldemorts Immortality. Learning much information from different wizards and witches Harry locates and destroys 4 more horcruxes while learning more about the three Deathly Hallows. The Hallows when owned together give the owner immortality. As Harry and his friend’s race through Hogwarts trying to find the last horcrux, they learn of the location of the last one. It is described by harry that the last Horcrux is Voldemorts soul inside harry and that in the end “neither can live while the other survives”. Realizing he must destroy voldemort to destroy the horcrux within him he faces him in one final battle. **Harry Potter:** Harry the main protagonist of the story is known as the chosen one, and said to destroy the Dark lord. Throughout his journey he generally depressed and has faced a lot of pain and suffering along with seeing a lot of death. As he faces many complications along his journey his aggression makes the best of him as it is expressed when he yells at his friends Ron and Hermione. There are a few things harry has left in his life and is distressed by this. Harry is very lonely and doesn’t seem to rely on anyone as the book progresses. Although he is very depressed he has great magical abilities and is very heroic. He is of average height, has jet black hair, and wears glasses. **Lord Voldemort (Tom Riddle):** The main villain of the story. His main goal is to destroy Harry Potter due to the threat of the Prophecy revealing that one will kill the other. Voldemort is very powerful and well trained in the Dark Arts. He has the abilities to posses Harrys mind, a trait of the Dark arts. Known as the Dark lord by his followers, he stands for nothing and is consumed by power, greed, and revenge. Similar to Harry Lord Voldemort grew up with little to love. He was consumed by evil at an early age and is the evilest of all wizards. **Severus Snape:** Snape throughout the novel appears as a bad, soulless man who treats harry badly. He is generally boring and cruel but it is explained that Snape had a motive to protect harry at all cost and spy on Lord Voldemort. It is revealed that snape cared for Harry and his mother when he was a young student at Hogwarts. His looks turn out to be very deceiving. //“That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to understand. Of children’s tales, love, loyalty and innocence, Voldemort understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he never grasped”// (Albus Dumbledore). The significance of this quote is that Albus explains how Voldemort is weak and he doesn’t stand for anything, such as values of love and loyalty. He goes on to explain that since he doesn’t realize the aspects of love he is venerable and since harry posses these traits he is superior to voldemort. These traits are more powerful than any magic and if contained is the greatest weapon over any magic no matter the strength. **“**//That potter lives is due more to my errors than of his triumphs. I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans. But I know better now. I understand those things that I did not understand before. I must be the one to kill Harry Potter, and I shall be.// (Lord Voldemort). Voldemort explains of his failures of not succeeding in killing harry potter due to his carelessness and his own errors. He also feels he hasn’t succeeded do to luck or chance. Before his final battle with harry he feels he has gained a better understanding of his failures and will successfully kill him this time. As the novel turns out Voldemort didn’t understand the full aspect of his failure as he is killed by Harry. There are several themes in the tale of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. One evident theme is the battle between good vs. evil. It is clear that Harry represents good while Voldemort represents evil. Throughout the story each portrays characteristics that distinguish them as who they are. Harry posses the trait of love, courage and bravery. He fights for the good morals he lives for and is loved by the people around him. As Voldemorts rule spreads throughout the wizarding world Harry is seen as the hero of all good wizards. Voldemort on the other hand stands for nothing and rules for power, greed and death. His legacy is known and many fear him for everyone fears him and his rule. The final battle between Harry and Voldemort represents the final battle between good and evil. Another theme in the Deathly Hallows is love. Although harry has grown up very depressed he has many people who are there for him and he expresses this love with his friends when he greets them. There are times in which Harry feels he is all alone in the world and stands no chance in finding the horcruxes alone. Ron and Hermoine being there for him help complete the task to defeating their final goal. Without the love and compassion of his friends in the story it would have been impossible for Harry to have defeated Voldemort. There are various objects in the story that symbolically represent an aspect outside its physical appearance. One of the most symbolic objects is the Resurrection stone which is one of the three Deathly Hallows. The stone in itself represents the desire to bring back the dead and more evidentially in the story that desire when pushed, to actually try to bring back the dead. Dumbledore attempted to do this and his hand was severely injured. It is more symbolized by the fact that it is cracked or cursed being one of Voldemorts horcruxes.
 * __ Independent Reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows __**
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 * 3. ** **__Important Quotations Explained:__**  //“It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well”// (Albus Dumbledore). The significance of this quote explains Voldemorts lust for power and how he is not suited to control his power. He explains that those who are best to have power never seek it, which refers to harry who never wanted power but had this big leadership role thrust upon him, and in this time of need he is the right wizard to do this deed.
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