A character having to sacrifice something is a main theme throughout all of the books in the Harry Potter series. Let that sacrifice be death, injury, or even time. Although plenty of characters made sacrifices, Harry tended to idolize those who made the ultimate sacrifice of death. It is a common belief that by sacrificing your life, you are doing the greatest form of showing that you love the person you are sacrificing for and that nothing else can top it. Harry, himself, showed patterns that he believed this to be true. The best example of this is what Harry named his children. All of his children were named after people who had died to save his life and not after those who were still alive who had risked almost everything for him. I agree