The Tyrant of Harry Potter

I just watched the final installment of the harry potter series and on some level I feel really sad. And not because the series specifically is over, but really the time period it represents pertaining to me and my generation. Like Harry Potter, my generation is through with our childhood and have commenced our adulthood. We are no longer ignorant little retards running around mindlessly with our only hope of survival being constantly reprimanded and directed by our parents. We are now adults ourselves, and the thought, to many of us, of entering adulthood is fucking scary. Finding a job, starting a family, taking full and complete responsibilities over our lives, becoming the reprimander, etc. Now that Harry Potter is over, the stark realization that it galvanizes is our childhoods' are over as well. It is time to grow the fuck up. And that is scary.

On a different subject, the Deathly Hollows gave us a clearer picture of the ruthless and evil dictator, Voldemort. It is a bit odd to talk about a fictional character in an intellectual sense, but the characteristics inherent in Voldemort are similar to that of actual evil leaders. For instance, Voldemort, like Hitler and Sadaam, exploited peoples' emotions and prejudices. He appealed to people that wrongfully fantasized they were of a superior race. And to live alongside their inferior counterparts would be absurdly demeaning and eventually lead to their decline and destruction.

As was made overtly clear in Deathly Hollows, Voldemorts advisors and supporters were in fearful awe of their master. They never questioned him or told him something that he did not want to hear. And if they started to, they would immediately stop mid-sentence and evaporate back into the crowd. One can see the danger in being in awe of their master. Advisors would be reluctant to be honest and truthful to their leader. For example, Sadaam actually believed that he could take on the US military in 2003. The strongest military probably ever to have been constructed by a nation, Sadaam thought his minuscule-comparative Iraqi army would have a chance. The US ousted Sadaam in three weeks. This was the result, partly, of his advisors not being honest with their leader. They didn't want to tell Sadaam something that he did not want to hear. They feared his response. Like Sadaam, Voldemort's advisors were merely sideline bystanders quietly sitting in the stands. Harry had support from his ally's who were not afraid to take initiative and be honest with him. Therefore, Harry was not fighting alone, whereas Voldemort was, and to his detriment.