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I remember the day I saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in theaters for the first time, I was only 5 years old and it was my first Harry Potter movie. I left the theater trying to do magic just like I saw the wizards do. Since then, I’ve grown up watching and reading Harry Potter. It was the first fictional world that I truly adored and still hold very dear today. Whenever I’m feeling down, I can put on one of the movies and feel like I’m in the wizarding world for a few hours. Harry Potter has changed my life and the way I view the world. Much of my creativity is drawn from the franchise and I have learned numerous life lessons along the way of the series. The series undoubtedly shaped my childhood and gave me a great deal of joy and a different perspective on the world. …show more content…

I loved to think of myself as a wizard undercover in a “muggle” world trying to fight evil. I was so sure Harry Potter was real, after all Dumbledore did say, ‘“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?” So to me, it was real. I truly believe the series has made my imagination grow and taught me to look for creativity even in the dullest of places. I grew up believing that anything can be true if you put your mind and entire being behind it. As a kid, I loved to write my own stories inspired by the series. I would write stories about the adventures of a young witch girl who was modeled after myself, and would have fun thinking of new story lines and places. It helped me to write more expressively and artistically, and has made me the stronger writer I have become

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