An Ordinary Character Who is Destined to Accomplish a Very Important Mission

 An ordinary character who is destined to accomplish a very important mission 

Like Frodo Baggins (J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of The Rings), Bilbo Baggins (Hobbit), Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and Pevensie Family (C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia), Harry Potter is introduced as normal and conventional persona unaware of what sort of fate awaits him. Similarly to the four abovementioned characters, Mr Potter leads an ordinary life until the intrusion of the other reality upon the boy’s, which is when the Rowling’s prime protagonist is apprised of the way of life he is destined to follow. The life that has hitherto been depicted to him as non-existent, and at the very mention of whatever inflection of the word magic, he gets derided. The life of which a part constitutes a mission to bring destruction upon the dark forces imperilling the welfare of both realities. That the character of standard existence is eventually made cognizant of the ultimate destiny which he/she needs to fulfil is one of at least ten idiosyncrasies that distinguishes mythopoeic fantasy genre.



“I had a dream about a motorcycle," said Harry, remembering suddenly. "It was flying." Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turned right around in his seat and yelled at Harry, his face like a gigantic beet  with a mustache: "MOTORCYCLES DON'T FLY!"”

(Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone p. 19)



“"Hagrid," he said quietly, "I think you must have made a mistake. I don't think I can be a wizard." To his surprise, Hagrid chuckled."Not a wizard, eh? Never made things happen when you was scared or angry?" Harry looked into the fire. Now he came to think about it... every odd thing that had ever made his aunt and uncle furious with him had <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">happened when he, Harry, had been upset or angry... chased by Dudley's  <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">gang, he had somehow found himself out of their reach... dreading going <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">to school with that ridiculous haircut, he'd managed to make it grow <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">back... and the very last time Dudley had hit him, hadn't he got his45 revenge, without even realizing he was doing it? Hadn't he set a boa  <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">constrictor on him? <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Harry looked back at Hagrid, smiling, and saw that Hagrid was positively <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">beaming at him. <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">"See?" said Hagrid. "Harry Potter, not a wizard -- you wait, you'll be <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">right famous at Hogwarts."”

<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">(Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone pp. 44-45)