Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
This is the seventh book in the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows is the final book in the series.
Harry has finally come of age, and finally started on his final
journey to defeat Voldemort for good. The Durselys are forced to go into
hiding so that Voldemort's Death Eaters will not torture them for
information, and Harry sets off with Ron and Hermione on a difficult
quest to find and destroy the last of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Only once
those have been destroyed, Harry knows, can Voldemort truly be killed.
It's not easy. Harry is plagued with rumours of Dumbledore's past,
and begins to wonder if the Headmaster has so long revered might have
had a much darker past than he ever let on. The three are frequently
without food, and with winter coming their journey is no day at the
beach.
Because of their lack of plan, lack of food, and lack of progress,
their spirits are often low, and Ron especially becomes argumentative.
One night he and Harry get into an epic fight and Ron leaves to go
back home. Harry and Hermione are devastated that he'd abandoned them.
They finally decide to revisit Godric's Hollow in search of clues, and
again they're almost caught by Voldemort. Every step they make, it
seems, he is there anticipating them. They've almost died too many times
to count, and their spirits sink even lower when Harry discovers his
wand was broken in the battle.
Ron redeems himself a few weeks later by coming back and saving
Harry's life in the nick of time. They manage to destroy another Horcrux
with Gryffindor's sword and they become excited again as they begin to
learn about a mysterious trio of magical objects called the Deathly
Hallows. Whoever possesses the three objects will be a master of death,
and to Harry, it's his one chance to beat Voldemort and live to tell the
tale.
As his adventures and the danger he's in increases, Harry begins to
truly understand what Dumbledore intended him to do. He realizes, almost
at the last minute, that his own life will have to be sacrificed for
Voldemort to truly be vanquished. Filled with love for his friends, he
willingly gives his life so that they may live.
His last act of heroism, however, saves his life. He meets Dumbledore
again in death, and Dumbledore answers many of his questions. He is
given a choice to stay or to go back, and he chooses to go back and
fight.
It's all over between Harry and Voldemort with just one spell. Harry
is left alive, the true master of the Hallows, and Voldemort is killed
for good. He now understands more than he ever has about love, and life,
and sacrifice, and in spite of the loss of many of his friends during
the last battle, is grateful for the second chance he's been given at
life, and love.
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