Quests are some of the most famous stories of all time. Stories with a hero, an antagonist, a destination, a reason to go there, and challenges along the way. These types of stories are always appealing, but why? Maybe because the hero typically overcomes an evil character? Nah. Maybe because the hero overcomes some bad-ass feats and destroys the antagonist in some epic battle? Yes, that's got to be it.
Harry Potter is definitely my all-time favorite quest. It's pretty popular so I won't waste time giving you a synopsis. Basically, what makes it a quest is that it has a hero (Harry), an antagonist (Voldemort), a destination (well, more like a feat, which is defeating the person trying to murder him), a reason to go there (ending evil in the wizarding world), and challenges along the way (his friends dying, fighting off Voldemort, and tasks like retrieving the sorcerer's stone, slaying the basilisk, freeing an innocent prisoner, fighting Voldemort, fighting Voldemort, watching another friend die, and eventually defeating Voldemort). That's about as questy as it gets for any readers.
I love Harry Potter and I'm so happy that you decided to blog about it. I agree that Harry Potter is a quest but is there more to quests then just defeating the antagonist. Voldemort's defeat is a definitely the source to all of Harry's problems but I think that his own struggles and sacrifices make up more of the quest then the actual defeat of Voldemort
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter is one of the more modern quests of our generation and is the perfect example of a quest. It has little quests within the main quest which adds on to it being a very interesting quest. Good job it is a good example of a quest that turn out to be successful in the end. :)
ReplyDeleteI first wanted to point out that I love you for doing your blog on Harry Potter. I love these movies and books so much. I also believe that this series is one of the best stories of a journey in our generation. All of the struggles that Harry comes against gives him more power to pursue until the end. The internal and external struggle throughout the books lets the reader get the sense of growing with the characters and going along on that journey with them. Good job!
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