Pettigrew parallels

[Gen]

No: HPFGUIDX 5495

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brandgwen G." <brandgwen at h...> 
wrote:
 I 
> don't think Ron would ever go bad - he sacrificed himself the the 
> Philosophers Stone chess game, his first instinct in the Prisoner 
of 
> Azkaban, when the Grim was charging Harry, was to push Harry aside, 
then, 
> later, he told Sirius that if he wanted to kill Harry he'd have to 
kill him 
> first.  He was sorted into Gryffindor in seconds.  Lets face it - 
this kid 
> IS the Gryffindor dragon.  Hermione values courage and friendship 
very 
> highly (she says so, somewhere in PS) and is Muggle-born and proud 
of it. 

Hi Gwen

I believe that Ron is essentially a very good friend and has every 
intention of standing by Harry. In dangerous and desperate 
situations, he will rise to the occasion because instinctively he 
will protect his friends. However, I've mentioned somewhere before 
that I think he might very well end up as the "weak link" for want of 
a better description. Why I say this is because firstly, Ron is 
extremely sensitive about his poverty and time and again, we see 
references of this when Malfoy taunts him, when he gets second hand 
gowns, wand, pets...He said somewhere "Why is everything I own 
rubbish ?" Secondly, he does enjoy being in the limelight as he is 
constantly overshadowed by his brothers and Harry. It is his deepest 
desire to be Head Boy and Captain of Quidditch and he thoroughly 
enjoyed embellishing his underwater escapade in GoF to anyone who was 
interested.

What the above tendencies make me fear for Ron and Harry is that 
there is a possibility that Ron could be tempted to betray his 
friends for fame and fortune. No longer to be poor, no longer playing 
second fiddle. It's not something he would ordinarily even think of 
doing but someone cunning could play on his emotions and over time, 
who knows. And Voldemort, for all the evil in him, is extraordinarily 
brilliant. He managed to open the Chamber of Secrets whilst at 
Hogwarts, he found a way to preserve his memory in a diary, he made 
Quirrell use Harry in front of the Mirror of Erised, he hatched the 
plot in GoF, he found a way to transform himself over and over again 
before his ascent to power so that he would be near invincible. I'm 
not saying this because I admire the horrible git but if truth be 
told, he has done "great things", in the words of Ollivander. I find 
that he would be entirely capable of working his way through people's 
weaknesses.

Somehow, I think that Voldemort will start on Harry's friends because 
it's one thing to suffer pain yourself but worse for those near and 
dear to you. Perhaps another scenario could be that Ron could be 
lured somewhere with a seemingly innocuous promise of fortune (but 
with absolutely no intention of betraying his friends)and then find 
himself under the Imperious Curse and then betray his friends.

I hope this will turn out to be only pure speculation. Honestly I'd 
hate to read about it because I find their friendship, the three of 
them in particular, very endearing. 

Anyway, that's just my little two knutes for today..welcome to the 
Club!

Gen





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