Ron Weasley is the
wisecracking best friend of Harry Potter.
He is a “tall and gangling” boy, a freckly redhead, with ears that turn
pink when he’s embarrassed. He comes
from a whole family of wizards and is the youngest of Arthur and Molly
Weasley’s six sons and a brother to younger sister, Ginny.
Ron first meets Harry
on the Hogwarts Express in SS/PS and by the end of the train journey they have
bonded over pumpkin pasties and are set to be fast friends. Throughout the books, Ron’s friendship with
Harry is a focal point; Ron becomes the brother Harry never had and the Weasley
family end up treating him as one of their own.
The famous and wealthy Harry Potter was not, perhaps,
the wisest choice as a best friend for a boy struggling to deal with his poor
family background and so compromised by the distinctions of his five older
brothers. The row between them in GoF
brought Ron’s jealous nature back into the frame. Despite his skill at chess and his superior knowledge of the
wizarding world, Ron is always in the shadow Harry … and he clearly hates that.
Following the episode with the troll in SS/PS, Ron and
Harry form a three-way friendship with bookish Hermione Granger. Ron’s relationship with Hermione is littered
with bickering and by the time they reach their fourth year at Hogwarts, they
have had one major row (over Crookshanks) and his crush on her has become very
obvious.
For an in depth character study, please see xxxxxxx
[scheduled for Susan McGee]
For coverage of the whole R/H vs H/H shipper thing,
please see the ROMANCE PAIRINGS FAQ.
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please visit the Harry Potter Lexicon, created by HPfGU member, Steve Vander
Ark.
Message numbers prefixed ‘Y’ are from the Yahoo archives;
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“That’s
chess!” snapped Ron. “You’ve got to
make some sacrifices. I take one step
forward and she’ll take me – that leaves you free to checkmate the King,
Harry!” [SS/PS, Chap. 16]
Ron deserves to be credited with what he has done. For example, in SS/PS, he had the courage to
go into the guarded wing of Hogwarts and the intelligence to play and win
against the giant chess set. In CoS, he
faced his greatest fear in entering the Forbidden Forest and confronting Aragog
and the giant spiders, and at the end of that school year, he is awarded 200
points for Gryffindor for “special
services to the school” - only the
third boy in 50 years to get such an award.
Ron Weasley fans were incensed at a description of him
as “pale… and relatively nondescript” and whilst GoF dealt with situations in
which Ron could not really play a heroic part, it was felt that “if he had been
able to help, he would [have]”. Perhaps
it’s time for Ron to get more stage time and even a subplot of his own.
“All we know about the inner workings of Ronald Weasley is that he's a
wizarding chess wiz, a great friend, sarcastic yet funny, and kind of insecure
due to the nature of sib order. The kid needs his chance to shine so that
the Triad will be more balanced”.
There are hopes that Ron will find a niche in his future
career, perhaps within the Ministry of Magic.
His skills at chess have been identified as the sign of a good
strategist: “A pre-teen who can outplay a professor’s magical chess set, and
has enough courage to sacrifice himself in order to ensure a winning outcome,
definitely had leadership talents that should be developed.” In discussing who might become a prefect
in Book 5, several people thought it could be Ron and a typical comment was
that it would be “a wonderful way for him to finally get his chance in the
spotlight”.
(Y4162, Y4596,
Y4310, Y6487, Y4128, Y4614)
(e-19/09/00 “Ron’s birthday”)
(e-20/12/00, “Ron”)
(e-29/12/00, “Ron’s character development”)
“You
never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I've got Bill's old robes,
Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat.” [SS/PS, Chap. 6]
“Mum,
you’ve given me Ginny’s new dress,” said Ron, holding it out to her.
[GoF, Chap. 10]
As one member reminded us, “it sucks to be poor,
regardless of how much your family loves you”.
It’s easy to feel sorry for Ron being stuck with a wand finely matched
to someone else and a rat who turns out to be a ratfink, but at least one
member had no sympathy at all: “It's hard for me to get very weepy over Ron's
early years … everybody has problems growing up but it seems to me Ron's
childhood was wonderful, as close to being perfect as anybody ever had”.
“He was always touchy about the fact that Harry, who had
inherited a small fortune from his parents, had much more money than he did.” [GoF, Chap 7]
Because of his poor background, Ron was very sensitive
about being given a Quidditch hat by Harry, and, later, it was noted that Harry
made an anonymous donation to the “Ron Weasley dress robes fund,” an indication
that he was aware of Ron’s sensitivity.
Of course, it would be agony for an adolescent boy to go to a ball in dress
robes that looked like a dress: “All that rigid gender sterotyping and
homophobia would combine to humiliate him”.
Some feel that Molly Weasley is a “pushy, overbearing
mother who lavishes attention on ‘perfect’ Percy,” whilst being highly critical
of Ron and the twins, which might be because Percy is the most like her. Others objected to the characterization of
Molly as a pushy, pointing out that she is the only member of the family who is
positive about Percy. Molly does appear
to lavish more affection on Harry than on Ron.
“I can see how that would really hurt,” said one member.
Although Ron complains about his family, some members
feel that his moaning is what makes him normal, and that it is nothing unusual
for a 14 year old. Being stubborn and
loyal are, claims one Ron supporter “the best qualities in a friend”. On the other hand, although Ron is
undeniably 'normal' in the same way as Seamus, Dean, Ernie or Justin is normal;
perhaps “his mediocrity is emphasized when compared to Harry and Hermione”.
In a recent Time Magazine article, JKR pinpointed Ron's
“oddity” as having an unconventional parent in Arthur Weasley; not the more
popular “family's-poor-sibling-rivalry” reasoning. There is some agreement that
Ron’s self esteem and confidence will improve as he gets older, and several
members have posted detailed personal accounts of living in the shadow of
high-achieving older or younger siblings.
It has been said that Harry has an idealistic view of
Ron's childhood. He sees Mrs. Weasley as the ideal, loving mother and
Ron's family in general as something he never had, and longs for. On the other hand, Ron has an idealistic
view of Harry's fame. He doesn't realise that there are problems, as well as
advantages, in being famous. Perhaps Ron resents his family because to
him, they're a reminder of the attention he never had. There is “a
wonderful irony” in the two boys’ different perceptions of each other’s lives.
(Y5202)
(e-30/10/00, “Re: In defense of Ron”)
(e-20/12/00, “Ron”)
(e-20/12/02 “Ron/
Definition of “Shipper” & “Mary Sue”“)
(e-24/12/00, “Time Magazine Article”)
Ron has a hard time competing with the achievements and
reputations of his brothers. Apart from
wanting desperately to be Head Boy and Quidditch captain, as he sees in the
Mirror of Erised, Ron probably wants more – perhaps “a record number of OWLs
and maybe a win in the Triwizard Tournament” – in order to feel barely worthy
of them. Having this type of ambition
in order to raise self esteem is sometimes the sign of a critical or unloving
family, but in the case of the Weasleys it may be that Molly is just spread too
thinly to give him much attention.
Ron’s insecurity could be seen as understandable. He does everything he can to make himself as
unlike his brothers as possible: he is less studious than Percy, better behaved
than the twins and has said he’ll never make Head Boy. Despite loving Quidditch, he doesn’t seem
interested in trying out for the school Quidditch team either. One
of the more imaginative suggestions from our members was that Ron should “learn
to play a portable musical instrument, or else become a quick sketch
artist. Those are arenas that none of
his brothers have succeeded in, and they are skills that earn the admiration of
one's fellow party guests”. From a
more extreme viewpoint, if Ron died a heroic death in GoF it would represent “a
bigger accomplishment” than any of his brothers had yet achieved.
There are few instances of Ron's family being envious of
anything that Ron had done. However,
“we do see pride…. the Weasleys show family closeness and concern for one
another all the time. His accomplishments do get rewarded with praise and
attention”. Although it is often the
parents who set high standards for their children; it is reasonable to assume
that, in this case, Ron “probably beats himself up in order to live up to the
legacy of his brothers and only blames himself if he fails”.
Some believe Ron may be having an easier time living up
to his brothers than Percy, because he does not have to deal so much with the
“myth of two perfect brothers” - Bill and Charlie long having left Hogwarts -
whereas everyone knows that Percy and the twins have their faults. An alternative view is that the opposite
would be true: Percy is a model prefect and the twins are “fun, popular and
good at Quidditch,” and Ron has to live up to that as well as the legendary
reputations of Bill and Charlie.
(Y2821, Y4620, Y4663, Y5306)
(e-20/09/00
“House Elf Magic and Ron among other things...”)
Some have suggested that compared to Harry and Hermione,
Ron is stable, cheerful and has a “lack of intense ambition,” and even that he
feels comfortable in Harry's shadow because he's grown up in the shadow of his
brothers”. However, many would disagree
with this and declare him one of the most, if not the most, ambitious characters in the series. For example, he
shows far more ambition than “surface-level ambitious” Percy. When he looked into the Mirror of Erised in
SS/PS what did he see? He saw himself,
standing alone, more successful and admired than any of his friends and
family.
It could be argued that this ambition and his lack of
distinction compared to those around him combine to fuel his insecurity. From this viewpoint, he is “someone plagued
with doubts about his talents and skills, worried constantly that he won't
measure up to his older brothers or his best friends”. Another school of thought makes a
distinction between Ron “being confident about his talents and skills (which
are externals)” and “having a sense of self-worth”. This trait shows itself in the fact that he isn't jealous of
Harry's or Hermione's abilities; his jealousy in GoF was triggered because
Harry was the centre of attention one time too many. One of his salient characteristics is the
fact that he's struggling to define himself.
Hermione talking to Harry about Ron:
“It's
always you who gets all the attention, you know it is...I know you don't ask
for it, but Ron's got all those brothers to compete against at home, and you're
his best friend and you're really famous, he's always shunted to one side
whenever people see you and he puts up with it and never mentions it but I
suppose this was just one time too many.” [GoF, Chapter 18].
To some, this “one time too many” is evidence that Ron
had, in fact, been jealous of Harry in the past and that this was the straw
that broke the camel’s back. To others
Ron’s reaction was just “a very natural and common behaviour,
which practically anybody would have adopted in the same situation.” After all, wanting distinction – fame and
attention – is very different from wanting to excel, and it could be argued
that whereas Ron is frustrated by the lack of distinction; Harry was “driven to
excellence through fear of failure”.
Accepting the fact that these two types of “ambition” arise from
different kinds of insecurity, it was suggested that an ambition to excel is
healthier than an ambition for fame and attention. Wanting fame is, in some cases, a sign that the subject needs the
stamp of approval from others; it is not necessarily the sign of
self-confidence it might appear to be. At the same time, excellence and
fame do not spare Harry from developing feelings of insecurity and self-doubt;
he doubts his own worth and, by his own admission, hates the attention heaped
upon him.
(e-20/12/00, “Ron/
Definition of “Shipper” & “Mary Sue”)
(e-23/12/00, “Ron and ambition”)
(e-23/12/00, “Ron: Desire for distinction or success”
thread)
“Oh,
Harry, isn’t it obvious?” Hermione said despairingly, “He’s jealous!” [GoF,
Chap. 18]
Potentially, Ron could feel vastly superior to Harry,
given his upbringing in the wizarding world.
Although he is on an exponential learning curve, Harry has only known of
this alternative universe for 4 years. Ron, on the other hand, is “a
veritable font of …knowledge of the wizarding world”. It is a mark of
Ron's character that he doesn't lord over Harry the fact that he knows more
about the world into which they were both born.
Ron does show jealousy of Harry’s fame and
attention. For example, when
Moody-Crouch told Harry and Hermione they each had the makings of an excellent
auror, he didn’t tell Ron this. The
Marauder’s Map is another possible source of jealousy between Ron and
Harry. “After all, Ron’s brothers gave
the map to Harry rather than giving it to their own brother.” Ron seems affronted initially, but does not
seem to bear a grudge on this point.
This may be because, whereas Ron had parental permission to go to
Hogsmeade, Harry didn’t, and he would have appreciated the fact that the twins
gave the map to Harry so that he could have some fun in Hogsmeade. In GoF, when Bill left to go to Mr. Weasley,
he “clapped a hand on Harry's shoulder,
kissed his mother on the cheek, pulled on his cloak, and strode quickly from
the room.” He didn’t even acknowledge Ron.
A discussion of Book 5 predictions, led to speculation
over whether Ron would be upset if Harry and Hermione were made prefects. The consensus was that he would probably
find it amusing, but would be secretly upset by it. It was felt likely that his jealousy would resurface, regardless
of whether or not Harry and Hermione were made prefects.
(Y4577, Y4594, Y6299)
(e-12/09/00, “Ron’s jealousy and why Dumbledore is cool)
(e-20/12/00, “Delurking in defense of Ron”).
Several people felt uncomfortable with the huge row
between Ron and Harry in GoF, with one member describing it as “more upsetting
than the death of Cedric”. Equally, the
scene where the two made up again was regarded as a poignant moment:
“Ron grinned nervously at him, and Harry grinned
back. Hermione burst into tears.”
Many agreed that Ron should be thoroughly ashamed of
himself for having failed to support his friend in time of need. Others put it more bluntly and labelled him
“an ass”: he unjustly called his best friend a liar, something that would
“permanently poison most friendships”.
Here was a friend who had saved his sister's life, a friend who had
demonstrated a willingness to risk his own life to save him too. “I understand why he had the fight, he was
jealous of Harry, and I understand why he was jealous, he was insecure; however
understanding why somebody is obnoxious does not make him one bit less
obnoxious,” said one member.
Some members felt that Ron’s behaviour was
justifiable. “It’s not like we can't
see how sorry Ron is for his absence... we have some indications after that of
Ron trying to make up for it by trying to boost Harry's confidence”. Ron’s actions were understandable
considering his upbringing and the fact that he would have apologised sooner
“had Harry not done things that exacerbated the situation”. The fact that
he was ashamed of himself probably contributed to his reluctance to speak to
Harry again after the initial fight.
There were instances where it seemed one was ready to
reconcile but the other wasn't, as is often the case with strong
friendships. For example, Harry wanted
to talk about it in Potions detention, but Ron was upset about the Skeeter
article, and there was a chance to make up when Ron came down the stairs during
Harry's chat with Sirius, but Harry was annoyed at the conversation being
interrupted. Being a teenager means
“frequently hurting each other very badly because of not knowing a better way
to act, trying to figure out the best way to act but guessing wrong...”
In the final analysis, Ron was an idiot for starting the
argument and should have known that he was being a prat, whilst Harry was
guilty of prolonging the fight with a further outburst and by refusing to meet
his friend on common ground. Some
think Harry should have knocked Ron’s block off; others hold that Harry showed
a lack of sensitivity to Ron’s feelings.
And never the twain shall meet…
(e-09/10/00, “Harry’s lack of consideration”)
(e-30/10/00, “Ron, Hermione and insecurities” thread)
(e-30/10/00, “Re: In defense of Ron” thread)
(e-30/12/00, “Ron & Harry fight” thread)
JKR has been reported as saying that someone would turn
on Harry in the later books and some members wondered if this could be Ron,
even making parallels with Peter Pettigrew.
“I can’t help but wonder if he might be seduced by money or material
items to betray Harry at some point,” was a typical comment, although there was
also agreement that any betrayal would be an unwitting one: “In his quest for some type of notoriety he
might compromise his values in a way that could help out the big V”.
A betrayal could be over romantic interest in Hermione
or it might result from Ron gradually feeling less “needed” as Harry wises up
to the wizarding world. It is,
perhaps, understandable that people have uneasy feelings about Ron. He is obviously humiliated by his lack of
money, and by some accounts, “too often, those who are humiliated take revenge”.
Pre-GoF, there was reference to the fact that the hero’s
sidekick never gets the glory. Ron
wants to stand out from the rest, as the Mirror of Erised reveals, but finds
himself, instead, in the shade of his best friend, Harry, the hero. “Let’s hope the green-eyed monster of
jealousy never bites Ron, the way it bit Peter Pettigrew,” said one
member. Although there was some support
for the idea that Ron could go “the way of Wormtail,” another member thought
this unlikely, because Ron “brings a lot to the trio,” whereas Peter “always
hung around with those more powerful than him”. There is also the fact that Ron comes from a wizarding family
that absolutely despises Dark Magic, although it was proposed that Ron might
act under an external influence, as when Ginny fell under the spell of Riddle’s
diary.
One scenario for
unwitting betrayal would see Harry go into hiding and Ron becoming his
secret-keeper. Ron might then betray
Harry indirectly by revealing Harry’s location to someone he trusts. One or two thought this was plausible and
agreed that if there was a betrayal of Harry, the betrayer probably wouldn’t
realise what they had done
Some people have drawn a parallel between Harry, Ron and
Hermione and the possible triumvirate of James, Lily and Voldemort
(Riddle). Could Ron’s becoming
increasingly jealous and resentful of Harry be an echo of Voldemort’s past
jealousy of James?
(Y474, Y2817, Y2833, Y2809, Y2837, Y4992, Y2831)
(e-20/09/00,
“House Elf Magic and Ron among other things...”)
(e-27/09/00, “Trelawn(e)y
mode coming... Ron” thread)
(e-22/12/00, “I just don’t know about Ron” thread)
“The
Chudley Cannons,” said Ron, pointing at the orange bedspread, which was
emblazoned with two giant black C's and a speeding cannonball. “Ninth in the
league.” [CoS, Chap. 3]
Note: This section is also included under the QUIDDITCH FAQ
The idea of Ron joining the Gryffindor House team in one
of the later books is a popular one, especially as some of the existing team
will have left the school in OotP. Ron
could be made Keeper of Gryffindor to replace Oliver Wood, but he might not get
his chance until the twins and some of the Chasers leave. One member thought Ron would get to be
Keeper and Captain of the team, because he is good at chess, a game that
requires “planning, insight, thinking ahead, laying out a strategy”. However, Ron has never played A-side
Quidditch and Captains need to be among the older more experienced
players. On this point, a comparison
was made with Cedric Diggory, who was introduced as Hufflepuff's new Seeker and
Captain. Why would a new team member be
chosen as Captain? A likely explanation
is that Cedric was on the team already and moved to the Seeker position, rather
than being completely new to the team.
Ron could take over as a Beater and one of the twins
could move to Keeper, but some members thought the twins should not and would
not be split up as they are, to quote Oliver Wood, “like a pair of human
Bludgers themselves”. Another theory is that Ron could join the squad as a
“second-string” player and surprise everyone by pointing out a brilliant
strategy. There were concerns that if
Ron played on the Quidditch team Voldemort might be better able to cause injury
to Harry’s ‘wheezy’.
Ron’s predicament could be part of a vicious cycle. He
does not have a good enough broom, so he cannot practice and is not good enough
to get onto the team. Because he is not good enough to get on the team he
cannot justify asking his parents for a better broom. So he cannot get onto the
team. Although Ron isn’t too proud to
borrow a broom for tryouts, perhaps he avoids trying out because he believes
that his parents don't have enough money to buy him a decent broom even if he
did get on the team.
Hopefully Ron will get an opportunity to show his
Quidditch ability in the future. His
build suggests that he may be a good Keeper. His seems to have good logical
reasoning and forward thought to work out what moves others will take. On top
of this he is tall which would make reaching the Quaffle much easier.
(Y6051, Y6393, Y6376, Y6074, Y669)
(e-01/11/00 “The Ron Thread”).
(e-03/11/00, “Quidditch (was: Ron, Hermione and
insecurities)”)
“Ron
peered into Harry's teacup, his forehead wrinkled with effort. “There's a blob
a bit like a bowler hat,” he said. “Maybe you're going to work for the Ministry
of Magic...” [PoA, Chap. 6]
“Next Monday,” he said, as he scribbled, “I am likely to
develop a cough, owing to the unlucky conjunction of Mars and Jupiter”. [ref?]
Unlikely as it may seem, some of Ron's comments have
been interpreted as a demonstration of possible psychic potential. For
example, in Chapter 13 of CoS, when Ron, Harry, and Hermione are trying to
figure out how Tom Riddle earned an award for special services to the school,
Ron says, “Maybe he murdered Myrtle.” This, of course, turns out to be
true.
When Ron read Harry’s tea leaves in PoA he predicted “a
windfall, unexpected gold”. This could
be another example of the theory that Ron is a seer who doesn’t realise his own
abilities: Harry did get a windfall (and gold) the next year, when, in GoF, he
“won” 1000 Galleons for the Triwizard Tournament. In fact, stretching the
point slightly, there were two even earlier ‘windfalls’: the leprechaun gold
that Ron had poured on him, and the Firebolt he received from Sirius! Ron also predicted that Harry would work
for the MoM. Meanwhile, JKR was
reported as saying that someone unlikely would become a teacher at Hogwarts and
one member suggested that Ron might even take Trelawney's place. This led to speculation that, under
Professor Weasley's watchful eye, the students might spend the Divination
lessons seeing who could “lob the crystal balls and tea cups … furthest out the
window”. When he and Harry made up
their star charts for Trelawney’s homework, Ron predicted – albeit not
seriously - that Harry would get stabbed in the back by someone he thought was
a friend. His prediction, if not his timing, was correct. Ron also
made up some predictions about his own fate – guessing that he would drown and
get trampled by a rampaging hippogriff.
It’s fair to say that, “at most, only one of these could happen”.
It’s easy to ignore incorrect predictions and read
significance into correct ones, but could Ron develop a talent for precognition
to give him that special ‘edge’ he needs?
(e-12/11/00, “Talons & Tealeaves” thread)
(e-12/12/00, “Re: Character summary: Professor Trelawney”)
(e-13/01/01, “Yet more evidence of Ron's prescience”)
Prior to the release of GoF, JKR said in interviews
(e.g. Rosie O’Donnell show) that people worried about Ron, because, in films,
it is often the hero’s best friend who dies.
In other interviews, she reportedly confirmed that it wouldn’t be
Ron. As it turned out, Ron wasn’t the
“major character” who died in GoF, but some still think his number will be up
before Book 7.
One member noted that the description of the dead
unicorn in SS/PS paralleled and foreshadowed the death of Cedric in GoF, and
Cedric, we are told, has unicorn hair in his wand ..like Ron.
“Look
at this,” said Ron, pulling a long thin box out of a bag and opening it. “Brand
new wand. Fourteen inches, willow, containing one unicorn tail-hair.” [PoA,
Chap. 4]
There were cries of “No not Ron, PLEASE not Ron, I'll do
anything…!” and Kathleen MacMillan
promptly founded “SPUHTOBR (Society for the Prevention of Undue Harm to Our
Beloved Ron)” and asked two Sickles for membership.
(Y42)
(e-19/09/00 “Re: priori incantatem order”)
(e-20/09/00, “NOT RON!”)
In PoA, whilst Harry sided with Ron in the argument
between Ron and Hermione over Crookshanks, he did attempt to get them back
together, whereas Ron remained stubborn.
“Ron
and Hermione weren't speaking to each other” [PoA, Chap. Following the row about Divination].
'Can't
you give her a break?' Harry asked Ron quietly. 'No,' said Ron flatly. 'If she just acted like she's sorry
....'“ [PoA, Chap ]
Based on Ron’s petulant behaviour in PoA and GoF, many
members conclude that JKR is leading into a romance between Ron and Hermione in
one of the later books, and, although there is some dispute over her feelings
toward him, he clearly likes her. Ron
and Harry are still at an age where they are unsure how to talk to girls, and
Ron is probably still at the 'pester them' stage. In GoF, adolescent
hormones started kicking in. He drooled over Fleur and he's probably
mixed up about his 'liking' for Hermione, whilst still seeing her as “a pal, a
buddy, a fellow adventurer”.
There is a body of opinion that thinks Hermione should
and will end up in the arms of Harry Potter, even if it is long after they
leave Hogwarts. Who would that leave
for Ron? Is Wheezy likely to be in any
sort of relationship by the end of the series?
See ROMANCE
PAIRINGS FAQ for more on Ron’s relationship with Hermione.
The name Weasley led to the suggestion of a parallel
between Ron and the fable of Running Weasel, who was killed by his rat.
Ron means “favoured and powerful advisor”.
(Y73, Y4521)
How would Ron explain to his parents where he got
Pigwidgeon? Three suggestions: (1) he
could say that Hagrid gave it to him, (2) he could tell them Hedwig had had a
baby, or (3) “the truth is always a nice touch”.
(Y1940, Y1941,
Ron’s birthday has been suggested as being in March or
early May, because “there's something about those March/May folks I've known
that reminds me of him”. May is considered
possible, because of Ron’s Taurean traits, but a June birthday is also
feasible, as it is just after the kids leave Hogwarts for the summer and we
tend to hear little about the early part of the summer.
(e-19/09/00 “Ron’s birthday” thread)
In the principal triumvirate or triad, Ron could
represent ‘Heart’ to Hermione’s ‘Mind’ and Harry’s ‘Soul’. Alternatively, in
mythology, that would be represented as ‘Heart’, ‘Head’ and ‘Sword’. Another, more psychoanalytical, possibility
is, ‘Id’, ‘Superego’, and ‘Ego’.
(e-27/09/00, “Ron” thread)