Mugglenet.com's Harry Potter Should Have Died - Emerson Spartz [11]
The first owner of the Cloak, Ignotus Peverell, lived a long life then died a peaceful death. Maybe turning invisible is good for a person and keeps one young at heart, which Dumbledore, with his childlike sense of humor, would certainly approve. Hopefully, Harry will enjoy the Cloak till the day when he can pass it down to his son, just in case there is some mischief to be done.
Verdict
The Elder Wand had an uncool reputation as a weapon and Harry never sought its power, yet luckily its loyalty gives him the ability to destroy Voldemort for good. However, Harry wisely puts the wand back in Dumbledore’s tomb to keep it out of the hands of other bad guys in the future. The Resurrection Stone represents the awesome truth about love, death, and grief. It’s awe-inspiring, but sad, which is probably why Harry drops it in the forest—so he’ll never be tempted to use it again. On the other hand, it’s important that he keeps the cool Invisibility Cloak handed down from the Peverells to the Potters. Harry deserves to have fun, and so do his children, who most certainly will enjoy having the power of invisibility. Verdict: The Invisibility Cloak is the coolest Hallow and probably a form of life insurance for future Potters. Plus, it totally wins the “Man, That Would be So Frickin’ Sweet to Have” award.
Is the Epilogue a letdown?
Yes
For years before DH was published, J.K.R. promised that she had the last chapter of the Harry Potter series written and locked in a vault somewhere. Speculation was rampant about all the specific things that would be found in that final magical chapter about the futures of our many favorite characters. Obsessive fans wanted details about the characters, what they studied after Hogwarts, their careers and their accomplishments, so for all the buildup, the Epilogue of DH seems surprisingly vague. It is basically a happily-ever-after vision of the predictable marriages between Harry and Ginny, as well as Ron and Hermione. While most readers are glad that Harry and his friends survived to have kids, there is an emptiness in the Epilogue, with too many loose ends and not enough information. So, it is definitely a letdown.
Why did J.K.R. leave the achievements of so many characters out of the Epilogue? For instance, it’s great to know that Neville becomes professor of Herbology at Hogwarts, but is that more important than finding out what Harry himself does for a living? The career paths of the main characters are not mentioned at all, which is disappointing when education and magical studies are so much the focus of the series. J.K.R. had all the answers in her post-DH interviews, such as her Bloomsbury Live Chat in which she revealed that Harry and Ron become Aurors working with Kingsley Shacklebolt, Hermione becomes an attorney for the Ministry of Magic, and Ginny plays professional Quidditch for the Holyhead Harpies. It’s a big letdown that the author would choose to leave out those sharp personal details on purpose, then go on television and talk about what wasn’t in the Epilogue just a few days after the book release. It left fans shaking their heads because they wanted answers on the written page and a definitive conclusion, and it just isn’t there in the Epilogue.
Another big subject left completely out of the Epilogue is whether or not there have been reforms in the wizarding world since Voldemort died. The books gave us the idea that Harry’s generation could overthrow the old ways and make a difference to society. Yet years after the dust has settled from the last battle, nothing seems to have changed. Nineteen years later, Hogwarts still has the rusty old