Ron's dirty job (was Ron Sequitors)

[Rosmerta]

No: HPFGUIDX 16595

One more Ron thought and then I promise I will let this thread drop: 
I've been trying to figure out why I was so shocked/suprised when 
people first raised the "Ron is prejudiced" argument, and I think 
I've worked it out: It seems that JKR uses him a lot of the time, by 
necessity, to carry her water. In the trio, he's the mouthpiece of 
the wizarding world. 

Harry is a muggle-raised wizard, which means his contributions are 
all newly learned or instinctual. Hermione contibutes book-learning 
and her own natural scepticism. But Ron, as the only wizard-raised 
person in the trio, gets stuck doing a lot of explaining on the 
author's behalf, i.e. this is what most wizards think of werewolves, 
this is what most wizards believe about grims, this is what most of 
us were told about giants. All potentially predjudiced, but don't 
forget it's also Ron who explains about Quidditch, wizard candy, the 
joys of Hogsmeade, etc. The examples are endless. If any other wizard-
raised people were around, they'd probably say much the same thing; 
heck, Hagrid could probably tell us what most wizards think of 
giants. 

But since the trio is usually hiding out somewhere unpublic, it's Ron 
who has to do the dirty work of setting up the wizarding status quo 
so Harry can then prove it false. I don't mean to suggest those 
aren't prejudiced opinions, but I don't think we can slam Ron too 
hard just because he's the one who has to say them. 

~Rosmerta