Reading the Harry Potter books doesn’t feel like reading. I have never been so hooked by a book/series. Often when reading I get distracted or pulled out of the action that is going on by reminding myself that it is “just a book”. But for some reason that doesn’t seem to happen for me with the Harry Potter books. I feel like I am walking through Hogwarts with them not floating in a bubble watching them go on all of these adventures. I have found some sort of a connection with most of the characters in the books but I have a strong connection to Rons character. Ron and I both come from large families. I am one of 5 kids (so technically not as many as Ron) but I can totally relate to the whole “wanting to stand out” complex that Ron has going on. It’s hard having so many siblings who you feel like you have to compete with and stand out against to be “special”. I also felt a strong connection to Ginny. First being in a family FULL of boys and always being “the girl”. All of J.K. Rowling’s characters are just so real and relatable. There is really a character for everyone. Because even though I come a very large family and can therefore relate to Ron someone else may have come from a fairly small family and relate to Hermione or Neville in that way. Even the adults are given a plethora of characters to draw connections with. And even if you don’t directly relate to a character everyone knows someone like Hermione or Neville or Malfoy or even Snape. Even though these books are set in a make believe world the characters don’t feel made up. They feel like my brother or my professor or my best friend. That is why it is so easy to turn the page because I care about those people in my life making me care about the characters similar to them in these books.
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