MORE Conflicts...Poor Harry :(

Since my last posts about the conflicts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry's problems have gotten even more serious. Harry learns through looking into the thoughts of Proffessor Snape that he will one day need to be killed by Lord Voldemort since part of the dark lord is bound to Harry. Not only is Harry demotivated by this realization, but he also gets angry with the late Proffesor Dumbledore. He believes Dumbledore used him to get to Voldemort and was planning to sacfrifice Harry when the need would arrise. But when Harry is struck in a duel by Voldemort, he does not die. Only the part of Voldemort that remained in Harry died. Through this, Harry learns to trust others and not to fear death, but accept it as a part of life. Another struggle Harry has is with himself. While defending the Hogwarts castle from Voldemort's army, several of Harry's friends perish. When Harry enters the Great Hall he sees Voldemort's many victims and the Harry's reaction is described as, "He could not draw breath. He could not bear to look at any of the other bodies, to see who else had died for him,"(662). Getting through these conflicts, Harry realizes that it is up to him alone to defeat Lord Voldemort and he must stop at nothing to complete his task so that others to not suffer the same fate as his friends.

Conflicts also interfere in the lives of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. When Harry escapes from the Malfoy manor (where he was supposed to be held prisonner until Voldemort arrived), Lucius Malfoy is punished by the dark lord. He gets beaten up severely for not carrying out his task of holding Harry. This experience is what starts to turn the Malfoy's against Voldemort, and they learn that perhaps such an cruel tyrant is not worth devoting their lives to helping. Another conflict arises for the Malfoy's when their son, Draco, is missing inside Hogwarts castle. They are worried that Draco may have been killed in the battle and author J.K. Rowling descibes their franticness as, "Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy running through the crowd, not even attempting to fight, screaming for their son," (735). In the end of the novel, when they have finally been reunited with Draco, the parents learn that working for Voldemort wasn't worth it in the end because he put their family through so much violence and fright. These and other events lead the reader to see how the characters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows face many hardships, but learn and benefit from them and in the end.