Extra Credit #1

The elder wand plays an extremely significant role in the last book of the series because it comes out to be the thing that ultimately destroys Voldemort. The elder wand as we find out is known as the unbeatable wand that comes from a legend in a wizard child's fairy tale book. We learn about this story from sly ole Dumbeldore who leaves it to Hermonie in his will. The stories of The Tales of Beedle and the Bard turn out to really help the gang because in this story book lies the legend of the Three Brothers. In this story three brothers meet death but are able to defeat him so death offers them each a gift, one of those being the elder wand. This wand is completely unbeatable against anyone when used in battle. Later in the Harry Potter book we find out that Dumbeldore is actually the keeper of this wand because he won it in a battle against one of the Peverell brother who was the original owner. This wand is so important because Voldemort eventually finds out of its existence and is out on a search to find it in order to use it against Harry and kill him. Voldemort will literally go to any lengths and kill anyone in order to be in true possession of this wand. One tricky thing about this wand though, is that it is only unbeatable if the person using it is the true owner of it. The way to become the true owner of the wand is to beat them in a battle and take it from them. Voldemort knows this so he kills Snape in order to get the wand and be the owner. Voldemort believes that this will allow him to be the owner because Snape killed Dumbeldore. This is untrue because it was actually Draco's mission to kill Dumbeldore and Snape and Dumbeldore had it planned all along that he would die, so Snape did not overpower Dumbeldore making the true owner of the wand Draco. That was until Harry stole a wand from Draco meaning that Harry had technically overpowered Draco making the wand Harry's. It was all pretty confusing but basically, even though Voldemort killed Snape he does not possess ownership of the wand. He did not know of the plans because Dunbeldore and Snape so there was a definite flaw in the plan. This then allowed Harry to defeat Voldemort with a disarming spell because he was the rightful owner.
This wand is so powerful and leads people to do atrious things in order to conquer it so Harry decides that he needs to get rid of it at the end of the book, but instead of breaking it or throwing it away he decides to give it back to Dumbeldore's tomb. This is an extremely brave thing to do because someone could figure out what he did and take the wand and kill him, but if he dies a natural death the wand wont have that power anymore. This is another example of how smart and brave Harry Potter truly is .