![]() ![]() They share enough things in common to appear to be the same person, and yet the differences between them show us that they have chosen different paths in life. The similarities and differences between them mean that one is almost a mirror image of the other. ![]() Rowling has given us a hero and a villain who are remarkably similar. It goes without saying that there are also many differences which set them apart but take away the roughly fifty years that separate them in age, and you will see that J.K. ![]() While representing the two polarities of good and evil, the two characters share many similar experiences and have many things in common from the circumstances of their childhoods, their school years at Hogwarts, their relationships with peers and friends, and their personality traits. The Harry Potter books encompass all of these things, but at the very core of the story is the connection, the struggle and the looming battle between Tom Riddle and Harry Potter. Many include Harry Potter in the boarding school genre of stories with lessons, school houses, rule-breaking and friendships all playing an important part in the stories. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest, magical powers and an Other World. Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. The Hero, the Nemesis and the Connection Between Them ![]()
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