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Harry As The Hero In 'Harry Potter'

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Harry Potter is the “hero” of the story and does many things throughout to support that. His parents died when he was just a baby, so from then on he had been raised by his “muggle” aunt and uncle. He also has a cousin named Dudley who loves to pick on Harry and torture him against his will. Harry is a fat little thing and is , as called by Harry, “a spoiled brat with no sense of sympathy for anyone or anything”. As for Harry, Harry has longish black hair and glasses that have been taped at the nose several times because of Dudley always beating him up. He is considered a scrawny, weakling for his age and size. But deep inside, Harry has much more to him. He is a very selfless kid and will always put his friends and family, no matter how cruel, before him. …show more content…

In the book, Harry states, “Facing this stuff in real life is not like school. In school, if you make a mistake you can just try again tomorrow, but out there, when you're a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes... you don't know what that's like.”(Harry Potter pg 214). This quote shows how, through everything, Harry tries to remain the same kid he’s always been but deep down inside he knows that keeping it in isn’t going to do any good in the long run. This also relates back to the theme of choice where Harry is given a lot of choices and hard decisions to make in life but always thinks things through and makes the one that’s not only better for himself, but for others

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