Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry is the dream school of every child in the 20th century. As much as we would love to go to this school, it is a fictional British School which can be attended by students aged 11 to 18.
This school is the primary setting of British author J.K Rowling's famous Harry Potter book series. The school motto is quite unusual but makes a lot of sense to people who are obsessed with the Wizarding World. "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus", the school motive means 'never tickle a sleeping dragon' which is pretty relatable if you see dragons soaring above your head.Â
Hogwarts is an imaginary place. But whenever people say that stop living in your dreams and experience the real world I turn up to Dumbledore. Naturally, if you read Harry Potter books you would know who Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts. And his famous dialogue is, "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
This dialogue must have a really deep meaning because he narrates these lines after death. Yes, after his death. These deep lines can only be written by someone very intellectual. Albus Dumbledore is not only the most serious & intelligent person in Wizarding World but also one of the most humorous character.
Joanne Rowling started writing to disconnect herself from this unpleasant world. She had gone through depression which is one of the hardest times a person can go through. We can often see in her books the representation of the physical world through imaginary characters, just like the Dementors. Dementors metaphorically represent depression. They make a person lose all the happy memories and sicken them with the worst feelings.
Maybe Dumbledore's idol dialogue has an inner meaning. I can find it to be relatable to people who suffer mental illness. Usually, normal people would well-meaningly even say, "It's all in your head", implying that the disease is not even real. But after all its not true. Everything that goes on in our mind is not essentially the truth of the world that we live in, however, living with ourselves for a bit causes no harm. It causes no harm until & unless you overdo it.Â
Why is it not real if it is going on in your mind? If you believe in something then why in this whole wide world should you not think it is not true. Sometimes living in dreams helps a person out from the disappointment they might be facing in their life.
And here I come back to the lines of Albus Dumbledore. All Harry Potter fans or Potterheads would love to know this, that the Wizarding World, the World of imagination is all going on in our mind. Every day of our life, we fight nasty creatures like Dementors or face our fears. Its a fear
And it's all that matters. if you can fight for yourself and pull yourself out from the bad then you are a very subconscious person who can cope up with every situation in your life.
Well, that's it for today. I hope you find yourself relatable to my article and don't forget to keep dreaming because "You've got to dream until your dreams come true".Â
