I can identify well with Harry Ron and Hermione because I feel like they all have different traits that I can find in myself. I also have a more personal attraction to them because I have grown up with them. The three of them all experienced the exact same things I was experiencing at the time (though on a grander scale) as I was because I was exactly their age as the books were released. When Ron was doing bad in a class I could relate, when Hermione was made fun of I could relate, and when Harry needed to be courageous I took note and applied what he thought me into my real life.
Also in the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling uses the audiences assumptions of certain situations against them and often throws them for a complete loop. As early as The Prisoner of Azkaban Harry believes he must kill that he will be able to leave Privit Drive forever and live with his godfather but is soon denied that. The most recurring theme up until this point of the books seems to be that people are not at all what they seem. It is some thing that keeps you on the edge of your seat while reading these books. I personally love it because I enjoy that she is demonstrating that things aren't always as they seem. I think we are often too quick to judge someone's character that it is necessary for her to do this and I thank her.
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