Harry Potter The Best Heroes Of All Time - 1430 Words

Great expectations can be perceived as the expectations that one was born with or the standards that other people expect of them. However living up to other people s expectations is never easy. Especially when those expectations seem impossible to achieve. No one knows better than Harry Potter from the â€Å"Harry Potter† series, by J.K Rowling. Harry Potter has established himself as one of the best heroes of all time but before he was able to achieve his success, he spend a long time struggling to accept the expectations that other people put on him. As Harry’s story continues, readers are growing with Harry as they learn more about themselves as well. Through the great expectations of fictional character Harry Potter, I have learned how to†¦show more content†¦Everyone was curious of Harry because of his legacy and parentage. During Harry’s first day in his Potions class, his potion teacher Snape is very disappointed with him because he does not know â€Å"‘the difference...between monkshood and wolfsbane’ (Rowling, Sorcerer s Stone 109). Harry does not understand why others had such high expectations of him because he never wanted them and starts to resent them when he cannot produce the results that everyone expects of him. As Harry grows up, other people s expectations of him grow too. When Voldemort rises back to power, Harry learns from a prophecy that between Voldemort and him, â€Å"either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives† (Rowling, Order of the Phoenix 841). Harry realizes the he is expected to kill Voldemort and again has to struggle with these expectations that he did not chose himself. Harry erupts in disbelief, as he does not want to be the Chosen One. He cries out that Voldemort â€Å"‘might have chosen wrong! ... He might have marked the wrong person!’† (Rowling, Order of the Phoenix 842). After the death of his mentor, Harry f inally faces his expectations and decides that if he does not try to overcome the challenges that everyone expects him to, then there would be no one