For some time now comparisons between the "Harry Potter" saga and chase of Osama Bin Laden have been mentioned and, as the final movie readies for release and the word of Osama's death spreads, the story's inevitable subtext has come to light once more.
As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the first of the Potter movies, "Sorcerer’s Stone," was released in November 2011 (just months after 9/11), in which the ongoing conflict between Harry and the evil force bent on destroying him, Lord Voldemort, was revealed.
Previously touted as "He Who Must Not Be Named," Voldermort was first put forth as a somewhat unknown entity, much like Osama, until a course of events ensued in which he takes on a more physical and prevalent presence, which comes to a head in the last volume as he and Potter battle it out in a seismic one-on-one fight.
Those who've carried with the saga and who have also been exposed to Hollywood's renditions of the 9/11 tragedy, along with the race to find Bin Laden, can notice inevitable similarities between Harry's reluctant quest to defeat the evil force and America's quest to find it's public enemy number one.
Whether those echoes actually shadow a link between the series and the death of Osama is unknown, however, the theory will undoubtedly rev up even more interest in what is expected to be one the biggest blockbusters of the summer.
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