HARRY POTTER
and THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
-J.K.
Rowling
The Deathly Hallows is
the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter franchise
(excluding Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) written by J. K. Rowling.
It's a phenomenal conclusion to this epic saga, and was published by Bloomsbury
Publishing Company on July 21, 2007. The novel was released in over 93
countries worldwide, and translated into more than 120 languages. Rowling
finished writing the book in January of the year of release and has declared it
to be her favorite book in the series. Additionally, Rowling stated that this
conclusion to the thrilling series has long been anticipated, right from the
start, putting an incredible end to an equally incredible series.
The main plot consists of
Harry, Ron, and Hermione on a quest to destroy the dark wizard Lord
Voldemort, aka "he who must not be named", by attempting to destroy
the 7 pieces of his soul without his knowledge. He split his soul through
methods of murder, which was further explained in The Half-Blood Prince.
Continuing the search for horcruxes first mentioned in the sixth Harry Potter
book, the story presents an intriguing and exciting journey with higher stakes
than ever that defies all odds. At the start of the seventh novel, only two
horcruxes had already been destroyed. The first was Tom Riddle's diary. This
was destroyed by none other than Harry himself in the second novel, The
Chamber of Secrets. The other was the resurrection stone, which was actually
one of the deathly, hallows.
The title "Deathly
Hallows" has a central part to play, but also a mysterious, well hidden
one. The items commonly referred to as the deathly hallows are the set of
mythical objects created by death itself in The Tale of the Three Brothers;
the Elder wand, resurrection stone, and invisibility cloak. Hermione reads the
story from her storybook given to her by Dumbledore in his will: The Tales
of Beetle the Bard. They are very important, for they are very powerful. The
Elder Wand was said to be the most powerful wand of all time. For this reason,
Voldemort hunts for it excessively in an attempt to gain ultimate power. So,
Harry has to hunt it down as well, and try to find it before Voldemort does.
Harry actually had the invisibility cloak since the first book of the series,
and the resurrection stone was a horcrux unexplainably destroyed by Dumbledore.
All of these powerful magical items play an important part in Harry's final
battle.
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows is the seventh and last in the Harry Potter series. This novel follows
Harry Potter and his two closest friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger on
their quest to destroy the evil Lord Voldemort.
During the first six books,
Harry and his friends have gathered knowledge of magic in their years at
Hogwarts, the school for wizards. Now they are in their last year at Hogwarts
and are not planning on returning. They are opting, instead, to go in search of
the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort. Horcruxes each contain some power of
Voldemort, and the three believe that by finding and destroying these, they
will be able to destroy Voldemort.
During this
novel, Voldemort takes over the Ministry of Magic and begins his returned reign
over the magical world. Evil prisoners of Azkaban, the prison for wizards, are
released and replaced by those who resist Voldemort, and those who aren't pure
bloods (not both parents are known wizards). Death Eaters, or followers of
Voldemort are given power to do as they wish. Muggles, or those who are not
wizards, are tortured and killed for the fun of it, and those who interfere are
punished. People are confounded (have their minds magically controlled) into
performing the will of the Death Eaters. Dementors, evil creatures typically
used only to guard prisoners, are allowed into everyday areas of civilization.
Life in general is depressing and scary.
Harry Potter
and his friends, Hermione and Ron, end up in hiding during most of their quest.
Because Voldemort is aware that Harry has a certain power when facing him that
no other has, Voldemort is threatened by Harry and has made Harry the number
one undesirable, or the most wanted person. Voldemort also learns of the Elder
Wand, which is the most powerful wand in existence. He goes in search of this
powerful wand in order to ensure victory against Harry in their next encounter.
Harry faces
many obstacles in his quest. He loses his broom during his first encounter with
Death Eaters and Voldemort. During his second encounter with Voldemort,
Hermione breaks Harry's wand. He and his friends face the challenge of finding
all the Horcurxes and finding a way of destroying those Horcurxes.
Harry has a tie with
Voldemort that is unique only to him. He is the "boy who lived," the
only one to ever survive the killing curse, sent from Voldemort, which happened
when he was an infant. It is later revealed to Harry by Dumbledore that when
Voldemort cast the spell to kill Harry, it backfired, and they have a part of
each other within themselves. This is why Harry can hear Voldemort thoughts.
Dumbledore reveals that the only way for Voldemort to die is for all the
horcuxes to be destroyed, and then for Harry to be destroyed by Voldemort.
Although Harry follows this advice, he does not die. He and his friends destroy
all the horcuxes, and then he and Voldemort duel.
Voldemort has obtained the
Elder Wand, but does not fully understand the art of wands. A wand chooses its
master, and when its master is overpowered, it changes its alliance. Although
Voldemort possesses the Elder Wand, due to a previous chain of events, Harry is
master of the Elder Wand. In the end, when Voldemort casts the spell to kill
Harry, the spell rebounds and kills Voldemort instead.
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