Blog Post #1 Harry Potter Expectations

In the first two Harry Potter books, some of the readers expectations are fulfilled and others are not. In these books, the readers often have expectations about what is going to happen or what should happen. There is usually a twist at the end that dismisses what we thought we knew about the characters. Throughout the first book, Professor Snape seemed like one of the main enemies because he seemed very suspicious. I was surprised to find out that it was Quirrel who was the enemy. I was also not expecting Voldermort and Harry to meet so soon in the series. After finding out he was going to be the main enemy, I thought he wouldn't show up until closer to the end of the series.  An expectation that was fulfilled in the first two books was that Harry would defeat his enemies. Since the very beginning Harry has been the protagonist in the story. The readers see how horrible his life with the Durslys is and they want to see him do well and defeat his enemies. I think most readers expected him to do this because that is what happens in most books. The main character usually ends up looking like the hero. When reading the first book, I expected Hermione was eventually going to become good friends with Ron and Harry even though they really didn't like her in the first few chapters. Since she was brought up so many times I figured there was going to be more to that character and after Ron and Harry saved her, they did become good friends.