History of Magic: History's Soundtrack (Term XX, Activity #07)

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Activity: History's Soundtrack
Points: Participation Only: 10 points
Deadline: Submit your songs by Monday, August 15th @ 23:59 UTC (timezone converter).
Details: Post a link (or embend a youtube player) to a song of your choice that remidns you of a certain Historical (can be Magical or Muggle) event, then write a short essay of at least 100 words about why you think the song fits the event.
<b>Your Song:</b> <b>Event:</b> <b>Essay: Why does the song remind you of this event?</b> <b>Word Count:</b> Name//House

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Re: SLYTHERINS

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Your Song: Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-kHleNYIDc
Event: The whole Second Wizarding War/The Final Battle
Essay: Why does the song remind you of this event? This song has always screamed Harry Potter to me. Particularly lines like "and the one poor child who saved this world/and there's ten million more who probably could" say a lot to me. In my mind, this refers to Harry as the "one poor child who saved this world" and the other half of the couplet refers most obviously to Neville. But it's also an interesting comment on something I've always believed of the Harry Potter series - that there are so many other people who probably could have managed in Harry's position, that he was just the one unlucky enough to end up in that situation.

I think of this song as being from Neville's (or Harry, but mostly Neville) point of view during his seventh year and the final battle. He's talking (or singing), maybe to Luna or Ginny about how more than anything, he just wants things to be okay, and I think that's a big theme in the series as well.
Word Count: 165

Cayenne//Slytherin