Author's Note: This is my theme piece on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I know I write way too much about Harry Potter, but it's what I've been reading the most recently and have been able to write about it without much trouble.
The closet doors slide violently open as you stop stomp all around,
checking every corner of the house until you realize you need to give up
searching. You cry from having a loved one die and have to face the fact they
are gone. That’s coping with a loss. In Harry Potter and the Half Blood
Prince, there are a few of examples of this, and I think it’s a recurring
theme throughout the book, and even series.
Harry had to deal with losing something very close to him
near the end of the book; The headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore. Him practically
being his mentor and primary source for help regarding Voldemort troubles,
Harry had to deal with the hard reality that he no longer could go to him for
assistance. He was gone. Harry was on his own now.
Although different, another loss dealt with in the novel
would have to be security. Ever since the news was revealed that Voldemort
truly had returned, countless deaths were reported all over the news. Even with
a strict security system around Hogwarts, parents still didn’t feel it was
safe. With the death eater attack upon the school, no where felt safe at that point. Nearly all
security was lost and everyone had to cope with the horror and dread of it
being absent.
While it is from the same series, another novel with a
similar theme would be Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Instead of
coping with Dumbledore’s death rather, Harry deals with the loss of his god
father Sirius. The book also dealt with insecurity like Half Blood Prince,
however it’s not quite as literal. The ministry was coping with a lose in a
sense of security in a mental state. They refused to believe Voldemort had
returned. They were being very insecure and had to try to deal with it.
In conclusion, coping with a lose is a common theme within
the Harry Potter books and many others alike. Chances are, you yourself have
dealt with a lose in your life, whether it be a dead pet, family member or even
simply losing an object. Everyone needs to cope with a loss at some point.