Why is Harry Potter not a unique creation?

Where did the 'H's come from?

I begin with, of course, mentioning perhaps the most important 'character' in the trilogy of 'The Lord of the Rings', which is The Ring. Its vital part in the overall plot, first of all, is ridiculously similar to the one of 'Harry Potter'. The only reason that both Lord Sauron and Lord Voldemort could not fully die when defeated was because they had placed a piece of their soul into an object. Automatically, a word springs to mind: 'horcrux'. Yes, the ring symbolized exactly the same things as the horcruxes did, especially because one of them was Marvolo Grant's 'ring'.

Like the horcruxes, the Ring was hidden or lost amidst the tide of other objects in the world, only to appear or be found again by the heroes and destroyed. This imparts a second reference to another word beginning with 'h': 'hallow'. The Ring was something notorious, believed in by some and thought ludicrous by others.

It was identical to all three of the Deathly Hallows in many ways. The Elder Wand, likewise, left a bloody trail in its path. The possessor boasted his possession and was there after murdered by the lust caused towards it by its succeeding owner. Tolkien also stressed that the Ring always had a mind of its own. This makes it similar to the Elder Wand in that, the famous phrase: 'the wand chooses the wizard'. The Ring chose to leave Gollum and tried with every sinew of its being to return to its master. The same could be said of the wand. It chose its keeper, and refused to obey Lord Voldemort for more reasons than one.

It ressembles the cloak in the most obvious way possible: when one puts it on it makes them invisible. However, this isn't the only connection we can make... the Ring, as did the cloak, originated within the family of the main heroes - Frodo and Harry. Bilbo owned the Ring before Frodo and James owned the Invisibility Cloak before Harry, and both previous owners, by the by, were oblivious to the great significance of the object. This was to be found out by the new generation.

Finally, as already mentioned above, the Resurrection Stone gives off a whiff of the Ring because it is itself encompassed in a hollow disk of metal. In addition, it is something that both of the main characters desired greatly and what both of the main characters were warned against. Dumbledore told Harry to not long for the company of the dead because it would distract him from his task (and for other, more emotional reasons) and Frodo was obviously dissuaded most strongly from the desire of the Ring because of its terrible, controlling power.

Overall, the hallows and the horcruxes of J. K. Rowling are but a re-working of the One Ring which, in itself, represents a marvelously complex character, history and captivation of the reader.