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In *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus
Dumbledore says during the feast*"Happiness can be found even in the
darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ".
*What does this quote mean to you? How does it relate to
situations or obstacles you have faced in your own life? Give an example from a
movie, book or history that could relate to this quote and explain how it does.
In *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus Dumbledore says during the feast "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ". I think this quote means that you can always find happiness during sad times but you need to remember to stay on the positive side. If you remember to think about the good in your life, then all the bad coming at you can’t stop you from finding happiness. The bad in your life can’t keep you from happiness if you remember to think of the good. This relates to a situation that I have faced in my life when my nana passed away. Dealing with her loss and the stress of school was hard. But I managed to keep a smile. I stayed positive the whole time and the bad that was happening couldn’t even get in the way off the good in my life. So always staying positive and happy in the bad situations really helped me get through it. A movie that relates to this quote is “The Princess and the Frog”. Tiana and her father had the dream of starting a restaurant together but her father passed away before they were able to do it together. When she grows up, she still works hard to pay off the place she want to open the restaurant but things change when she is turned into a frog. She goes through many obstacles to turn back into a human. She is almost not able to buy the restaurant. She puts the bad thoughts behind her after and is able to finally buy the restaurant that her and her father have been dreaming of buying. She keep a positive face going through all of the bad that has happened before. She finally got to fulfill her father’s dream. Even though he passed away, she knew that he was proud of him and watching over her doing good. So always keeping a good and positive attitude can get you to find happiness through bad times.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Sam. You always have to see the positive side of things and to not let sadness take over.
DeleteI agree with you Sam. You are always able to find happiness in the saddest times by just staying positive. You look on the bright side of things, you'll be able to find happiness and find the situation not as bad as it is.
DeleteI agree with you Sam. Staying positive always helps someone feel better in bad situations. Thinking about the good of something always helps keep the bad thoughts away.
DeleteIn “Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Azkaban” Albus Dumbledore says during the feast, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” To me, this quote means that even in sad times, you can find happiness someway. I also think it means that you have to find the lighter side of things to make you feel happy. This relates to an experience in my life when my cousin passed away. It was a hard time for my family and relatives and me because we had just went to his wedding a few months ago. I really didn’t know him that well and I was really sad when I found out. Since he lived in Kansas City, and plane tickets were expensive because it was around Thanksgiving, I didn’t get to go to his funeral. The lighter side of this whole situation was when I got to spend a whole weekend with my friends. I slept over their house for a few days and we had a lot of fun and made great memories. When sadness takes control, good things can come from it. This relates to a movie that I have watched recently called “Inside Out.” In this movie, there are emotions living inside Riley’s head. When Sadness made a mistake and jeopardizes Riley’s happiness and control of emotions, Joy and Sadness have to work together to get all of Riley’s core memories back. Joy always tried to look at the positive side of things, even when they got rough. Sadness had great ideas, even though Joy didn’t listen to any of them. When Sadness took over and things went wrong, Joy found a way to make everything better, with help of course, and get Riley’s memories back again. This problem showed that there can be happiness in sadness.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with what Noor said. You can always find happiness during sad times if you remember to think about happy thoughts. Also, that you can find happiness with in sadness
DeleteI agree with what you said Noor. You always need to find the brighter side of something to make you happy. Even when your sad you can always find happiness in some way. I also think the movie you picked was perfect for this quote.
DeleteI definitely agree with you Noor. You can always find the light even if it is tiny, in the darkest situations. I'm happy you found happiness in such a dark situation, and it really works for this quote.
DeleteI completely agree with you Noor. There is always a chance that you can find the upside of everything no matter how bad things may look, now matter how dark it may be.
DeleteI agree with your response, Noor. Sometimes you just need a little sadness in life to realize the memories that were left behind. Once you find them, happiness comes barreling through showing you that even with the old memories you can still create new ones.
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ReplyDeleteIn Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban Albus, Dumbledore says during the feast, "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ". What this means is that even during a sad time, you can be happy. It means that if you just be an optimistic person, you can be happy in any situation. This relates to me in a couple of ways. One way is that one time, I got my grade back on a test. I failed it. Well, instead of just being sad the whole day, I decided to be positive. I said things to myself like “At least your overall grade is an A.” or “It could be worse or even “At least this material is done and over with.” Most people that had gotten that grade would have had a bad rest of the day. Instead of just shaking it off, because I “Remembered to turn on the light.”. Another way this has happened was with my cat passing away. At the time, I was very sad, because as most of you know, pets are like family. So when she passed away I was super sad. Of course, I was really sad for multiple days. But After a while, I started to try and think happy things, like “At least she lived a really good life”, or “We can always get another cat.” You get the point. After a while of doing that, my mood really turned around. I started to slowly forget it, and, with time, I became okay with it.
In the end, thinking positively during anytime, serious or not, is a great thing. It lightens up the mood, and gets people happy. That’s why they put it in the movie. So people can see and think about how an optimistic view on life is a really great thing.
I totally agree with what you said josh. You can be happy in any situation. Even in the worst times.
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DeleteJosh I agree with you. You have to be optimistic with life. Life throws you curveballs and you just have to deal with it and look at he better side of it.
I completely agree with you Josh.You can be happy or positive in someone in the worst and darkest situations.
DeleteIn Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, Albus Dumbledore says during the feast*"Happiness can see someone sad, be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. “I think the quote means that someone can make a person happy in the most depressing time. It also means that you or someone else can find the lighter side to make you happy. When you see someone sad or unhappy, you can trigger there happiness by helping them or just making them laugh. It hard to see someone sad, so you and one of their friends can make their day better. If you are in the situation where bad things are happening to you, try to remember the good things that happen in your life. The bad things that are happening to you can’t stop happiness. So try to stay happy the best you can or get help from a friend. This quote has happened to me so many times. One example was when I was really having a bad day at school. I acted in a sad, angry mood. But when some of my friend saw me, they help me. They tried to make me laugh, and they told me that is try to be happy today. Another example was with a friend I had and she was having the most depressing day of her life. She told me why she was acting this way, so what I did to help was I told her not to get upset and try to be happy. I also told her happy and good memories. That made her feel better and now she was happy again. One example that relates to a movie is toy story 2. Woody has been stolen by a random stranger and has been taken to an unknown place. When woody looks around he is really upset because he will never see his friends again. But the new toys that live there show woody that he is special and makes him happy.
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DeleteAnthony, I agree with you. You can change someone's day by just talking to them and being nice to them. It doesn't take much effort to make someone happy
DeleteAnthony, I think your right. I think that in any time, positive things can be said. I think that laughing is a great way to lighten the mood. I never thought of that. Also, I like the toy story example. It makes your point easy to get.
DeleteI agree with you Anthony. I think that you can change a bad mood by being positive. If you have a good sense of humor the mood can also be lightened. Finally, it doesn't take much to be nice and cheer people up.
DeleteIn Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, Albus Dumbledore says during the feast “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” What he means by saying happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light means that there is always happiness in a bad situation. You have to be optimistic and look at the good side of everything. You may think you have it hard to live your life but to others they would love to be you. Like some kids in my school complain about doing a stupid chore like unloading the dishwasher or taking out the garbage, but to kids in other countries in Africa they would love to have that kids life and would not complain about dumb chores.Another example of this is when kids don’t like their parents or there life. But they should look at the bright side of things and be happy they have parents and clothes on there backs because a lot of kids don’t have that luxury. So Albus means to look at the light of things. So next time the kid does chores he will realize that he is lucky to have a roof over him because he is very lucky. Also when you’re in a bad situation like someone bullying you can give light to the situation by realizing that you’re a bigger person and to tell an adult next time they do it.Also this quote means to always have happy thoughts no matter when. This is what Albus Dumbledore means when he says “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light” in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban during the feast.
ReplyDeleteIn “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban” Albus Dumbledore says during the feast “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.” This quote means to me that even in bad times people can find hope when they remember to look at the positive side of things. Dumbledore is saying that the students need to think about the positive and to be optistic. He need the students to look at the positive, a new year, then to think about the darkness, Black’s escape from Azkaban. An example of when I needed to use Dumbledore’s advice is when my grandma became very ill after her stroke. I was very close with her and to see her be as upset and lonely as she was, was difficult to watch. I thought things would never get better but I saw every slight improvement like it was the greatest moment in my life I was able to look pass her sickness whenever he got a little better. Like the quote Dumbledore says “Happiness can be found even in the darkest hour, if only one remebers to turn the light on” it seemed as though I frogot to turn the light on in my situation. Another time that I frogot to turn the light on was when I was pulled from the track team because of my grades, my mom was not happy with my preformance and she pulled me. Even if his sounds small, it’s a big thing for me. When she told me I was getting pulled after my final cross country meet I was devestated, I was in a mini depression and didn’t want totry in school. But then it hit me if I just started doing my work again then I would be able to run. So I grinded out my grades till I had 90s in alll of my classes and was able to convince my mom that I could run track. In both example I was lost in the darkness until I “turned on the light” like Dumbledore said, then I was able to be happy again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Troy. You should always look at the positives of things. You should never think about the darkness or the negatives. You always have to turn the light on and think positive.
Delete“Happiness can be found even in the darkest times,if one only remembers to turn on the light.”In the movie Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban Albus Dumbledore says this.This quote means that when you are in sad times there is always a way to find happiness.No matter what situation it is there is always a way to find happiness.To find happiness in dark times you have to find something that is positive so it can light things up or brighten things up.An example of sadness taking control is when my grandfather died.He lived in North Carolina so we had to fly down for his funeral.I felt horrible when I was down for his funeral.I thought that why should this happen to me and why is this happening.It really got to me and it got me down.It felt like the world was caving in on me.I then realized that he lived a good life and that it was his time and there was nothing I could do about it. I then found happiness out of the situation.I got to hang out with my cousins that I hadn’t seen in years and I got to see my grandma.Even though it was sad i had to go to my grandpas funeral I was still happy I was able to see my family down there.Out of the most unlikely situation I had fun.I realized that the funeral and his death brought my family closer together.There is never complete bad in dark times,there is always something good in the most unlikely places.You just have to let your mind stay open to the positive thoughts and not let the bad thoughts control you.you should always stay positive in a situation no matter how bad it is.If you don’t stay positive then you’ll never break through the problem or solve the situation and you’ll stay sad.
ReplyDeleteRudy, I 100% agree with you. I somehow felt th same thing thinking, "This should be me," or, "why my grandmother?" Things like these are what helps us and guides us through life because if, as you said, never break through the problem, you'll just sty upset.
DeleteWhat i think the quote "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light," from Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban means is that even during the darkest or saddest times, you can find happiness if you just stay positive. By staying positive, you can see the good side of this sad or unhappy moment and lighten yourself up. You’ll be able to feel better about what happened and realize it isn’t all that bad. This quote relates to a moment in my life because once I saw that I got a bad test grade in language arts in 7th grade. I began to get upset and thought I wouldn’t be able to do good that marking period. However, when my mom saw it, she just said that it was alright and to try better next times test. This made me realize that the bad grade wasn’t all that bad. It was only the beginning of the marking period and there were gonna be many more grades being added to change the bad average and rise it. The homework and upcoming tests would be able to bring my grade up and see that bad grade as nothing. This lighten me up and realized that upsetting time was nothing bad at all. this quote relates to the novel The Maze Runner because the people who were stuck in the center couldn’t find any way out. They thought that they were never going to escape and were going to die without escape. This was a dark moment for them, until one of them stayed positive and wouldn’t give up. He would encourage everyone and tell them that they can make it out, so they began to study the maze and the patterns and how to escape. Then eventually, they found the escape route which was hidden well and was an odd way as an escape. With the positivity and encouragement in the one character, they never gave up and were able to finally escape after years. WIth just staying positive, you can see the bright side of things and you never give up hope. You make it seem that anything is possible and lets you see that everything isn’t as bad as it seems.
ReplyDeleteIn “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban,” Albus Dumbledore says during the feast, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” To me, this quote means even when everything is going wrong or when you are depressed, you can have happiness. Not every hour of your life is going to be happy, you will have good days and bad days, sad days and happy days. Not everything will go your way and that’s okay, not everything needs to go your way in order to be happy. Sometimes I have a really hard time with being happy because of depression. It could be the happiest occasion and I would want to be away from everything because I am just too sad. People call it having an “attitude” and that I need to be happy but I couldn’t. Depression is like, drowning except you can see everyone around you breathing. No matter how hard I tried, I always looked on the downside, and for a while I couldn’t find the happiness in anything. There were full days on weekends where I just laid in bed and felt so down and so low. At practice, I wouldn’t talk to anyone, it really got me. It really restricted me and I felt like I couldn’t do anything because I’d crash the mood or even “rain on someone’s parade.” I was sinking lower due to the events in my life, everything was coming at me at so many different paces. I have a really great group of friends who really help me, and over the past few months, I’ve been really happy. They pulled me out of the bottomless abyss I seemed to be falling in too. It was something I honestly thought was never going to end, but they helped me. They are the ones who turned on the light for me when I was in a really dark time. In a movie called “Miracle Run,” Two twins named Phillip and Steven who have autism, and try to prove that they can be in a classroom and they can be normal too. Their mother goes through a really dark time going to over 12 doctors and then finding out they have autism. Her boyfriend leaves her and the children grow up not speaking until a man comes and starts to teach the kids so they can be in a regular class room with other kids. They turn 15 and are bullied severely in high school but they come home every week, surprising their mother because they join new clubs they find out they enjoy and excel in. Phillip picks up a guitar and is a master in less than a week and gets into a really good music school, while Steven joins the track team and ends up being the best on the team. At the end, they are no longer in a dark time and they are the reasons of their mother’s happiness. She was there for them and they were there for them even when things felt so hopeless.
ReplyDeleteIn *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus Dumbledore says during the feast, "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ". I think this means that when life tries to bring you down, you should always get back up and keep going. No matter what you do you should always rise above and keep your head up. You shouldn’t let anyone or anything drag you down. No matter what you should look at the good side of everything. You have to be optimistic about life and obstacles you have to take in your lifetime.When my grandmother died, I was put in such a low place. Her and I were so close we were almost inseparable. Everyone in the family told me that we looked alike. I had almost all the same facial features and characteristics as her. When she walked in the room she automatically made it light up. The day she passed away was probably the worst day of my life. My mom told me that everything was going to be okay and that she's in a better place now and there would be no more suffering but for some reason I couldn't help but blame myself for what had happened. I was unhappy with the last things I said to her and that the family wasn’t always together. But now, the older I’ve gotten and the more that I have matured, the more that I realized that she is in a better place and that I should I’ve my life and make her proud to see the person I am today. It helped me see that now she will always be with me whenever I need her. Even though I was in a dark place, I picked myself up and pushed through it and it made me a better person today.
ReplyDeleteIn *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus Dumbledore says during the feast*"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ". This quote is a very true quote to me because it explains that even if you’re feeling really down and sad that you can still be happy. But to be happy in hard times you need to make an attempt to be positive about the situation. If you keep being gloomy and thinking negatively you will feel that way since it’s constantly in your head. So if you think happily you will feel better. I’ve experienced a problem where this quote was true. A few years ago my dog died and I was really sad about it. He was my dog for a while and I was extremely sad about it but I thought positively about it. Since in the end he was in pain a little bit I thought that it was better for him that he died and didn’t have the pain anymore. It didn’t make me happy about it all but it made me feel better that it’s better for him now. Another this way relates is through history. In WWI the soldiers had to sit in trenches for long periods at a time and were in very poor conditions. They had very little supplies and were always fearing an enemy attack so they had to be constantly alert. Even though they had very bad conditions and were in a poor situation they still thought positively which is what helped them go on. They knew that by what they were doing they are saving their country and others from being attacked. It kept them going on because they found some light in a bad situation. If they didn’t think positively their situation would be ‘Sitting in a trench in horrible conditions constantly being shot at’ But with positive thinking they were ‘Fighting for their country and many others’. There is always a positive in all situations and you just need to find it to make the situation a little better.
ReplyDeleteIn *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus Dumbledore says during the feast, "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." This quotes means that you make your own happiness. Even in the hardest times you have to be able to find that light, or happiness, to get through your dark time. You have to learn to find the best parts in a bad situation.There has been many situations or obstacles I have faced in my own life. One situation that was a really hard time for me is when one of my closest family friends died of cancer. His name was Jake, My brother, Jake and I were born the same year, so we grew up with each other. Jake was diagnosed with cancer at the age of four, and it really hurt my family. While Jake was going through this hard time he had lost all of his hair, movement in both his legs, and movement in his right arm. Since we were so young watching him go through this it became a really hard time for all of us. Watching such a playful, fun and athletic kid go through this hurt us all. After 6 years of fighting cancer, on February 13, 2008, Jake died. I went through a really hard time, my whole family grieved for a long time. But, none of us were going through what his parents were. That Easter my family and I got them a dog, named Jake to help them feel happy again. We all found happiness, in this very difficult time. An example of finding happiness in a dark time was during September 11, 2001. Our country was going through a very difficult time. We all had to find the happiness in this huge tragedy, but everyday we live with this devastation and find the good parts in our day.
ReplyDeleteAlyssa I completely understand what you were going through. I agree that you make your own happiness. You just have to do something to help make yourself happy so its easier for you to grieve.
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ReplyDeleteIn *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus Dumbledore says “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” To me, this quote means that if you have a positive outlook on life, you’ll be able to find happiness wherever you are. Happiness is like sunshine. It gives light off to everything, even the deepest darkest corners of yourself that you think will never be happy again. When there's no sunshine within you, there is no happiness. Happiness is something that you must find, it just doesn't magically appear at your door asking if you want it or not. Its just the way life is. If you want to be happy, you must find something that can make you happy and help take away the darkness that you want gone. For example, some people call their idols ‘sunshines’. Those sunshines make them happy even when things are rough for them, meaning they make them happy even when the skies are grey.
This quote relates to a situation or obstacle that I have faced by making me realize that everytime that I'm with Legacy, a smile is always on my face and I feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. He is my sunshine. If anything were to happen to him, my happiness would most likely be gone. One time,my mom had told me he wasn’t feeling well, and I started to cry. I knew he was going to be okay, but the thought of something I love so immensely being taken away from me was causing a bit of light to fade.I imagine my sunshine being taken away,and never to be seen again. everyday that though rumbles in the back of my mind, so I soak up the sun as much as I can.
An example from a movie that relates to this quote is, St. Elmo’s Fire. Throughout the movie, this one character named Billy Hixx goes though some problems, but always ends up with a smile on his face no matter what happens. He deals with losing many jobs, hurting some of his friends, and just trying to figure out what to do with his life in general. Even though he faced those problems, he still found the light that was faintly seen in the darkness of his problems. In conclusion, Happiness can be found anywhere even if it’s hard to find the light switch.
In Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban the quote said by Albus Dumbledore “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light” means that if in the darkest and worse place that you’re in, you can always find happiness, you just have to try and search for it. This quote relates to many situations, for example say one of your close family members dies from cancer or something else, you may be in a deep and dark place for awhile and think happiness doesn’t exist. However, it does though even if your best friend died of cancer you would know that she’s in a better place and doesn’t feel any more pain. Just knowing that single fact can give you happiness, you just have to hear or see one small thing that makes you happy and you will have one less dark and depressing day. Another example is you may not get the best phone out there or the best clothes but it’s something. You may be in a dark phase because, you’re not up to date on all the cool electronics all your friends have. However if you think about the kids that literally have nothing you may be happy and grateful for all the little things you have in life because, some people can’t even have necessities. An example of a book is The Fault in Our Stars, throughout the book we learn the main character Hazel Grace has thyroid cancer and how she is in a dark time because, she can’t do what normal people do. Then she meets Augustus and is envious of him because, he beat his cancer well we thought he did. She then falls in love with Augustus and all those dark times she had just faded away. All the times she wanted to be like a normal teen didn’t even matter to her anymore because, she had found her happiness. All in all, this quote is extremely relatable and interesting, even if you are in the worst possible place in your life you can find happiness, you just have to try.
ReplyDeleteTori, I agree with you. You made a good point when you explained how one small thing can make a day a little better. You used a great example too, The Fault In Our Stars has a couple messages in them and that is one of them.
Delete"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. " I think that this quote means even when everyone is sad and everything is dull you can still find good in things. Sometimes you have to make people laugh when they are down and lighten up the mood. Just because there is a dark feeling in the air or everyone is in a bad mood around you that doesn't mean you have to be in a bad mood too. You just have to “turn on the light” or make people happy. Stress and being depressed are not go for you. People can even die from stress and depression. The people that are always happy seem to live the longest, happiness can be a cure to many problems. For example when my grandma passed away I was very sad, but I looked at pictures of her and thought about her and it made me happy. You can always find happiness somehow, no matter how bad your situation might be. Life is never too bad that you can’t be happy. If you are so sad all the time and so is everyone around you, eventually you will get tired of it and you will try to find a way to be happy. An example from history that relates to this quote is the Holocaust. It was a really dark time for the Jews, but they still tried to be happy. They knew it wasn’t going to get any better so why not be happy, there is no sense in being down all the time. If I was being punished everyday in the Holocaust, I would try to have fun with the other undesirables because I know the Germans aren’t going to make me happy. Like said in Harry Potter "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. "
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Jakob, just because you are in a really bad time, doesn't mean that you can't find happiness. I know the feeling with losing someone you love, I lost my grandfather in September and I would just think and think about how much I miss him until I think about memories and look at pictures of me and him. Just because things can get so sad or depressing doesn't mean you can't have a little happiness.
DeleteIn Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban Albus Dumbledore says during the feast “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn the light on.” I think this quote means even when you are at your saddest you can still find your happiness. You just always have to stay positive to achieve that. You have to remember to turn the light on. I think that part of the quote means you have to find the lighter side of some things. You have to lighten the mood of some things. No matter how hard things are you always have to try to be positive about things and not bring yourself down. Even in your darkest times you should always be happy about things. It will make your life a lot easier if you do that. You can’t let the bad in your life take away your happiness. You always have to think of the good in your life. You should never focus on the negatives in life you should always think of the positives. Life should never that bad where you can’t have any fun and not laugh. Always try to find the good side in your life. This relates to my life in many ways. One way it does is that I always try to stay positive in my life. Even in bad times I will always try to laugh or smile. I try not to let things bring me down. I will always try to find a way to make myself happy because I don’t want to be sad or depressed. I don’t think anybody wants to be sad so you should always try to think of the good in your life. So that is what I think that quote means. You can always find your happiness at anytime as long as you are always thinking positive.
ReplyDeleteWhen Dumbledore says, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light,” this means that even during bad or rough times, there is always a silver lining. It means that there is a positive side to everything if you choose to see that point of view instead of negativity. There was a time in my life where I had to look rather on the bright side of things during a very difficult time. October 2012 the East Coast faced a terrifying storm called Hurricane Sandy. The stories and results of the storm were devastating, worse than the storm itself. For me and my family, it was really scary to think that something could happen to us and our friends. My siblings and I had never lived through such an event before, so we were all scared as well. Sandy caused us to have no electricity for a week, tore roof shingles off of our roof, and completely mutilated our mailbox. It was hard for the five of us to live in these conditions because we were so used to having a stove and light and a refrigerator. However, it made me realize that we take the simplest things used every day for granted. It also helped bond our family to become closer. I remember at night my brother, sister and I would get our flashlights and make silly shadow puppets on the ceiling of our living room. What was really important though is that we had each other, and that was all that mattered. During that time of Sandy, we may not have had electricity but I turned on my light by seeing the brighter side. An example from a movie was in “Stuart Little” when Stuart crashed George’s boat and he felt bad about it. George’s father sat down and told Stuart that there was a silver lining to everything, and it made Stuart feel better.
ReplyDeleteJulia, I completely agree with you. Sandy was a really rough time for everyone. I also like what you said about how you did not have electricity, but you still turned on a light.
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ReplyDelete“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.” I think this quote means that even when you’re going through a rough time, you need to look on the little things that make you happy. If you only focus on the sadness, then it will consume you, but you can still try to look for the brighter things in life. You should remember to look on the finer things in my life and remember someone always has it worse. If you don’t then you’re causing yourself for failure. I get it though, not everything in life has a bright side, but you can’t dwell on it forever. Sooner or later you have to try and move on and find something to make you happy, or happier.
I can relate to this a lot because I play sports, and in my sports I make mistakes. Making mistakes is part of the game, whether it’s your mistake or not. Everyone makes them, whether it’s turning the ball over, or missing a wide open shot. You get mad about it for a while, but it puts some fire into your game play and makes you step it up, and it should. You can’t moan and groan about it till the next game. I usually get all mad about making mistakes during games, but I have to remember how I made that one really good pass to get open for that shot, or how good of a move I made for the break away. It might take time to get my head screwed on right and realize it, but I just have to remember there’s always a next time. I can get heated and lose focus, but I shouldn’t let my mistakes get me down, but more fired up.
In “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban” Albus Dumbledore says during the feast “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times” means that even if you are in a tough situation, you can still be happy in it. “...if one only remembers to turn on the light,” means that you have to always think positive. If you do not see the brighter side it, then you will always be sad. This reminds me of the time that my grandpa died from cancer. My whole family was upset about it because we loved him. Then, we eventually found the brighter side of it because we knew he was not suffering anymore. So, even though it was a really hard time for us, we have to still think positive no matter what happened. This quote also reminds me of time where I failed a test. I was kind of upset, but then I remembered, if I fail a test, I can always remember that there will be more for me to take, and then I can pass those. It was a dark time, but I turned on the light.This quote even relates to movies and books. This quote reminds me of the movie “Ride Along.” This guy was setting up the other guy because he was the new guy. Instead of giving up and going home, he helped him solve this big case. Even though he was set up in the beginning, he was still positive in the end. This quote can relate to many things. I think that it is a great quote because no matter what you should always think positive. So, if you are in a tough situation, always try to be happy in the end.
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ReplyDeleteThe quote by Albus Dumbledore in “The prisoner of Azkaban”, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.” What this means to me is that even when life is tough, you can be happy and content, only if you really want to be happy. It means even though you may have the right to be negative you don’t have to. You could look at the positive side of things. My friends that I facetime help me with that because they are always positive about everything good and bad it kind of just rubs off of them. If I’m having like a sucky day and just want to quit everything, I just talk to them and the weather they are having in Minnesota and it changes my attitude. Sometimes Track helps to lighten my day just being with people that are fun. OR other times track just sucks and it does nothing good to my mood. A movie that sort of showed this theme would be Million dollar Arm from a couple years back, and this guy had just got a bad business deal and he needed to find some new contract and he found these guys from India or something and they were so nice to him but he treated them badly. SO in the end he changed his attitude towards them and relaxed and was a better person overall so he turned on the lights in the darkness like Albus Dumbledore said.
ReplyDeleteIn *Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban* Albus Dumbledore says during the feast* "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. " This quote to me means that just because everything seems sad, just because everything is going bad around you, doesn’t mean you can't find happiness, but there is only one way you can find this happiness, and that is by ‘turning on the light’ This means that you must look on the positive outlook of everything. If you keep looking on the down side of every single thing, you aren’t going to be a very happy person. However, if you are a optimistic person, you can find happiness by looking at the bright side of everything. If you truly think about it, this makes a lot of sense. If you are always the type of person who looks at the bad side of everything how are you going to possibly find happiness? Your always thinking of how everything is going to go wrong and how bad everything already is. There is no way you could possibly be happy if you are stressing over everything that is happening. However, on the other hand, if you are looking at the up side of everything, you could be happy. You will be thinking about how everything is going to be better and the little details that were good that could have gone worse, and how lucky you are that they happened. The littlest things can make you happy, but that is not always the case. If something big happens you can be really happy about that, but if someone was to look on the downside, they would only focus on the bad things that happened, instead of an optimistic person who would look at the good things. This is the time where kids think about how bad their life is, then realize it is not as bad as it could be, and become thankful for what they have. They realize what they have is special, and that a lot of kids cant do what they can do, and respect it, and become happy.
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