Harry potter along with his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley go on a quest to defeat the dark wizard Voldemort who is the most dangerous wizard alive. This wizard had also killed Harry's parents long before Harry went to Hogwarts which is the school of witchcraft and wizardry.

After accomplishing many things and going through dangerous activities they do accomplish the task given. They collect the horcruxes which are objects with the fragments of Voldemort's soul.

Harry Potter along with his trusted friends go through many hardships and they also take help from the great headmaster, Dumbledore. Dumbledore is portrayed as the most powerful wizard alive until obviously he dies after getting killed by Severus Snape.

I really like this book and I also like the movies which are action packed. Great plot was made and the story was told really well. J.K. Rowling has made one of the greatest and the most action packed books in the world. This book would be given an 11/10.

In addition to irony and excitement, this book also has parts in it that keep the reader from getting to the climax straight away, thus inclining the excitement even more. For example, in one chapter, somebody close to Harry Potter (the main character) dies during a fight, and they had to escape. The author then tells about how abnormal it was, that, instead of using a wand, a great wizard like Harry Potter would bury a body the old fashioned way: with a shovel. After this, through patience, for about 2 chapters, the book describes the area, which they chose to hide out in, against the evil wizard. It is also good to mention, the intensity with which the dark wizard drives throughout the story, as he is trying to get his pound of flesh which he had been waiting for, for over 10 years.

Although some people would argue that this is a bad thing, and that they should just get on with the rest of the book instead of describing something like that, nothing could be further from the truth; in fact, it is absurd to think that making a story descriptive would be a bad thing. The more the story slows down, the more exciting it will be for the reader when it speeds up again. This book has about as much of this, as there can be in a story. Which is what makes it perfect. It can also be mentioned that there is not a lot of sangfroid in the thoughts of the kids. Most of the time, the main character is trying to get some vitriolic humor out of the events happening. This really adds some more excitement on to it.

On the other hand, one thing a good critic might argue is that the book pushes the limits on describing events. There are a few places in the book that are dry; they are mostly trying to urge the reader to imagine the area/territory that they are in. For example, if they were to hide out in a forest, the book would tell you what kind of trees were around them, flowers, and if any animals were in the area. In chapter nineteen of the book, entitled “The Silver Doe,” they are hiding in a grassy, forest area, and, in my perspective, the author spends too much time describing the area. If the reader is reading the book for excitement, he will not enjoy hearing about how many bushes and trees there are around the kids, and talking about how tenuous the surrounding area is.

This book can be something everybody who's into fantasy should read, because of all the excitement and irony in it. Through reading this, the reader will gain some understanding on what it feels like to lose a loved one. This is a good every day lesson, because tragedies can happen anytime, anyplace, and to anybody. The book gets 5 stars because of the excitement it causes.

Being a handsome and extremely talented wizard, it is a wonder that Dumbledore never had a romantic partner in the series. And it's not until the final book that Dumbledore's sexual orientation is at all addressed. After his death, Harry meets an old male friend of Dumbledore's who had a strong and long emotional relationship with Dumbledore and who, like Harry, strongly admired and respected Albus Dumbledore. Apparently, this relationship was something more than just a friendship and Dumbledore was in fact romantically involved with this friend.

The books never explicitly state that Dumbledore is not a homosexual, nor do they state that he is. The author does not spend much time dwelling on the sexual orientations of her characters. After all, this is a children's series - isn't it? And wasn't widely assumed that this series contained biblical principles?

No matter what fans choose to believe about the beloved Albus Dumbledore's sexual orientation, the question of the author's subtle themes in the books still remain. Did she want the books to show biblical principles in the fight of good over evil, love, sacrifice and kindness; or did she want the books to be a fantasy novel buried in stories of lies, deceit and homosexuality? Now that Rowling has announced that one of her main characters is gay many are confused as to exactly what themes she is promoting in this series. It was formerly considered that the series contained many biblical implementations.

Harry's mother sacrifices her life for Harry to live and he consequently becomes "the Chosen One" who has to engage in a life long battle with Voldemort - the epitome of evil in the wizarding world. The consequence of his one day overcoming Voldemort is the salvation of the wizarding world, a peaceful and equal world. The somewhat godly Dumbledore is Harry's idol, confident and mentor. Harry possesses qualities of loyalty, honesty and honor. Likewise, Harry and his friends learn various qualities throughout the series that reflect the values of the Bible.

With this in mind, it is somewhat surprising that Rowling has revealed her most godly character is a homosexual. There is barely any evidence in the series that this is so and perhaps this homosexual notion is occurring in the wizarding world that resides in J. K. Rowling's head, rather than the reality that her readers experience. There is more evidence that Rowling has drawn parallels to the Bible than to homosexuality. These themes are the very core of her books; good over evil, love and sacrifice, and faith and honor. Whereas the notion that Dumbledore is gay is mere speculation of what might have been if the world of Hogwarts and wands was in fact reality.

Ultimately, while we can continue to speculate about whether or not Dumbledore fancied other men or if the series is in fact based on biblical themes, the core of the matter comes down to what her readers feel. Each of us who has read the series has created our own version of Rowling's magnificent world of magic and what we choose to believe about that world is completely up to us. If one fancies a gay Dumbledore in his or her Hogwarts - then so be it. If one fancies a noble and godly Dumbledore - then so be that too.

Realizing You're Asking the Right Question

It's a question fans have been asking each other, at least, since the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone to Yanks), was published. Speculation on fan forums has run the gamut from Dumbledore is James Potter's real father (a theory shot down by Rowling in the past) to James must have left it with Dumbledore intending to retrieve it later. It seems unlikely however that anyone thought it was a point 'crucial' to the series.

Connection Between Dumbledore and Invisibility Cloaks

There has been speculation in the past that Dumbledore is part Demiguise and this is what allows him to become invisible at will. This theory is based on the additional similarity that Demiguises (described in Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them (page 9), though never mentioned in the novels themselves) have long, silvery hair as does everyone's favorite elderly wizard. It is Demiguise hair that is spun into invisibility cloaks.

Lines Of Thought To Pursue

If there's any merit to this line of thinking about Dumbledore and invisibility cloaks, suppose Dumbledore had some skill in making and repairing invisibility cloaks. James' cloak may have been torn or tattered in any number of escapades. He was a Marauder and a member of the original Order of the Phoenix, after all. We do not know what, if anything, he did for a living but there's a good chance he was an auror as well. What if Dumbledore was repairing the invisibility cloak for James with the intention of returning it to him in the near future? Once James died, Dumbledore just held onto it until giving it to Harry in his first year at Hogwarts. How would this be significant though or 'crucial' to the series though?

Is it possible that Dumbledore deliberately deprived James of the invisibility cloak, with the purpose of leaving him more vulnerable to Voldemort? No. Rowling has confirmed in various interviews that Dumbledore's character often speaks for her and is the embodiment of all that is good within the world of her novels. So there must have been a reason for his possession of the cloak which is not only innocuous but actively intended for the good.

Another interesting fact from the description of the Demiguise is that this creature can be seen - even when in invisible mode - by certain wizards who hunt it for its hair. We also know that Mad-Eye Moody's mad eye can see through invisibility cloaks. In the fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Mr. Weasley is attacked while wearing an invisibility cloak - by Voldemort, who was possessing a snake at the time.

If Voldemort and/or certain others can see through invisibility cloaks, perhaps Dumbledore deliberately kept the item from James to keep him from doing something rash out of a false sense of security. Perhaps taking the invisibility cloak away from James ensured that he would stay in his hidden location with his wife and child, instead of running out to try to get to Voldemort before Voldemort got to the Potters. This thoughtful plan of course would have backfired when the Fidelius Charm was broken and the Secret Keeper, Peter Pettigrew, told Voldemort where the Potters were hiding. Then there was nowhere to hide, not even under a cloak. It would be an ironic twist if Voldemort could not in fact see through invisibilty cloaks. The snake sensed Mr. Weasley's presence and the invisibilty cloak had slipped off Mr. Weasley entirely just before he was bitten.

Alternatively, what if Dumbledore had borrowed the invisibility cloak from James to give to someone else in the Order to use - someone who was also at Godric's Hollow the night the Potters were killed. Snape or Pettigrew? Or were both of them there? Pettigrew with Voldemort and Snape under the cloak spying for the Order? How Dumbledore would have known something was going to happen that night, we do not know. Nor do we know how he or Sirius even knew where the Potters were hiding since neither was chosen to be the Secret Keeper. We do know that invisibility cloaks are rare and they are handed off amongst Order members as needed for dangerous assignments.

This last line of thinking in particular may lead the sharper theorists amongst Harry Potter fans to figuring out what the crucial mystery is surrounding Dumbledore's possession of the cloak at the time of James Potter's death. It's certainly a tantalizing clue to wrestle with between now and the publication of the final volume in the series, coming straight from the Mistress of Mystery herself. The last time Rowling directed fans towards a specific line of inquiry, she encouraged consideration of why Voldemort survived the night he attempted to kill baby Harry and why Dumbledore did not attempt to kill Voldemort when they met in the Department of Mysteries. The answer to those questions was at the heart of the sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as well as earlier volumes - unbeknownst to readers at the time. It is expected to anchor the plot of the seventh and final novel as well.