HP the Final Blog

Yes this book is a buildingsroman, or at least the entire series is. This book really focuses on the transformation that Harry goes when he understands what it is like to be out on his own in the real world facing problems that most adults have never faced. He begins the work in his usual self of the defiant and self reliant boy who was determined to do things on his own and convince his friends to let him go alone. However, he soon realizes that he would have had no plan and would never have been able to succeed on his own with out his friends there with him. His transformation in this book is most clearly seen during the shell cottage scene when Harry begins to make his own decisions and take charge of the group. He also has to make the decision to go after the Horcrux's first and not the Hallows. This decision shows Harry's understanding of what was at stake and his understanding of what he needed to get done. He ignores the great "Childlike" desire that he and many others had to pursue the Hallows and he realized what Dumbledore really wanted him to know about the Hallows. That they were for only those who were worthy and that he needed to be able to be responsible with his destiny before he could ever obtain the Hallows and that is what he did. The rest of the series is much more of a Buildingsroman because it carries through much more of the emotional and physical transformation that Harry and the other main characters undergo throughout their entire lives. It goes from their development of magical skills, their understanding of how to interact maturely with others, their understanding of real world problems as well as their understanding of how to deal and understand their true selves.