That if you only think of what you don´t
have, then you will forget to live the life you have. Dumbledore says to
Harry that the mirror had driven some people mad. If you only think of
what you would like to have, you can forget that you don´t know if
this can become true. The reader should learn that it is important not
to forget about reality. You will forget about reality if your thoughts
are only circling around your deepest desire.
The Mirror of Erised shows the watching person what
he always wanted to have. Everybody has something he wants most but sometimes
you can´t recognize it and perhaps that might be better so. Because
you get eager of watching yourself as perfect and forget everything around
you. It´s better to know what you want to to work for it than only
to watch it.
I think the Mirror of Erised can teach you a lot. It says
that people were sitting in front of it and went mad because they didn´t
know if it shows the future or just your dreams about it. Even Harry gets
lost in the spell that goes out from the Mirror.
The true lesson though I think is that you should take
a short look at what you desire. But then you should stop that dreaming
around and go to work to achieve your goals.
The Mirror of Erised shows us our deepest desire of
our hearts which doesn´t tell us either truth or knowledge, as Dumbledore
says. That´s why many people have been driven mad, because they and
not anyone else could tell if it is real or even possible. And therefore
we shouldn´t forget to live and we shouldn´t lose our goals.
Everybody is the own master of his/her own life and should try to make
their dreams come true on their own.
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