Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Make Up Blog-Remus Lupin



"Professor R. J. Lupin," that was the first thing we heard from Hermione when we first met this scarred man in book three. At the time, he was a teacher at Hogwarts and became one of Harry's first idol behind Dumbledore and the memory of his parents. Lupin, being a werewolf, was always a outcast by the wizarding community and because of that reason Lupin's development has been stunted due to his social disposition. Through the books Lupin has played as a qualified member of the Order of the Phoenix however by the time we get to book seven it seems that Lupin has changed, and not exactly for the better. When Lupin finds Harry and Hermione at Grimmald Place, he asks to join them on their adventure, but this was after admitting he was going to have a son with Tonks, as well as, confessing his fears that his son could mostly likely be born a werewolf. Lupin shows great weakness and displays a diminished character at this point of the book, as it seems that he is willing to abandon his family just to go on Harry's quest for horcruxes, but Harry being an orphan himself does not want to see his once idol leave a son behind, especially since he has the option to raise the boy himself, unlike Harry who was made an orphan by our friend Voldermort. It was this moment that Harry shows his true hate for broken families and calls Lupin a coward and from this moment Lupin disappears. When he resurfaces at the Battle of Hogwarts, he's returned to his strength and fights more ferociously than ever, however he, along with Tonks die throughout the battle. Lupin's character is not truly fully developed "Til the Close" where Harry returns his spirit by using the Resurrection Stone. Lupin lets us know that he fought everyday to make sure his son would have a normal life regardless of if he had Remus in his life or not, it was a act of love not as a coward that drove him, he wanted his son to remember as Harry remembered his parents, heroes for dying to protect his future.

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