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What does it mean?
Knowing the dangers ahead makes the author wish she would hide if she were the character.
In plain terms
If she were Harry she would hide because she knows what dangers are coming.
What can you take from it?
Foreknowledge of danger can change how one faces a story.

Where it applies

  • reading with spoilers
  • facing threats
  • planning safety

Putting it to work

  • consider the risks
  • prepare for trouble
  • value safety

Questions to consider

  • What would you do if you knew the danger?
  • Is hiding ever the right choice?

Another view

Hiding is not always a viable solution in real life.

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  2. It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.

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  3. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

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