Harry Potter's Decisions To Watch Your Habits

An inspiring Chinese philosopher Laozi once said “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Our character is what people see us by, how we are categorized by our society. That is why every choice that we make, day in and day out, is the most important ones we could ever make. All these choices we make without even thinking change us, they change our character in ways we might not see nor understand, Wether we understand them or not doesn’t matter though because they still take affect no matter what; always choose wisely because that choice could change your life in the future.

One example of this is the following, Listen,” said Harry as she came nearer and nearer, “with you two flying around me all of the time the only way I’m going to catch the Snitch is if it flies up my sleeve. Go back to the rest of the team and let me deal with the rogue one.” This shows how Harry’s decisions can change his character because he is deciding to risk himself to help the team instead of being the focus of the team. Another example of Harry making decisions that can and will change his character is the following, Harry heard Ron gasp and looked up again. He had made up his mind what he was going to do.” “I’m going down there,” he said. This also exhibits how a decision can change someones character because he is willing to risk his life to save Ron’s sister Ginny. As the book progresses you can see Harry’s character change based on these decisions because he comes to realize helping others is more important than his own life. Also he learns that his character is what got him into Gryffindor in the first place and he should never have doubted the sorting hat’s