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I think one of my favorite uses on the play of ‘names have power’ in this series is when Harry is fighting Voldemort and says “think, and try for some remorse, Riddle” (Rowling 97%). Harry’s use of the name that Voldemort tried to bury away seems to take power away from him because it shows he’s not a fancy wizard with a fancy, threatening name, but just like everyone else.

When he sees the people he cares about putting themselves in danger, Harry doesn’t want them to. He remembers how “Dumbledore, like Mad-Eye, like Sirius, like his parents, like his poor owl, all were gone where Harry could never talk to them again” (Rowling 11%). This shows how much those Harry has lost have shaken him into who he was. It shows how much grief he’s in, knowing that they died for him.