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I present a passage from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling.

But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew — and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents — that there was all the difference in the world.

The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie (based on Book 6 of the same name) is doing well in the box office, since it opened. It’s doing even better than The Dark Knight; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has had the biggest midnight opening box office gross ever, taking in an estimated $22.2 million. Wow! I love that so many people read the books and cared about it enough to see the movie.

Have you gone to see it yet? Will you?

I went last week. Though I enjoyed it, I didn’t find myself as emotionally engaged as I expected to be. I think the relationship between Harry and Aldous, especially, was stronger in the book; he seemed more of a father figure there. That was important, I thought, for this book. But it was still neat seeing Harry and all the characters. What was your reaction?

Thanks to Cynopsis Kids for the info.

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