Harry's estrangement in a later book?

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 16796


I've been trying to go back to find the relevant posts, but I can't seem to
find them. At any rate, I've been thinking about some of the posts which
point out Ron's thoughtless behaviour in GoF as foreshadowing a
degeneration eventually leading to his susceptibility to the lure of
Voldemort. 

Personally, I see it as a literary device used to develop the characters.
In PoA, Hermione is estranged from the gang; we see how interaction between
Harry and Ron is different in the absence of Hermione, how miserable she
is, and the various tensions to which she serves as a focus. In GoF, Ron is
the one who separates from the group, and in so doing, we see how important
he is to both Harry and Hermione through the surfacing of different
conflicts in which Ron is now the central figure. Perhaps we will see in a
later book a situation where Harry is one who distances himself from the
group?

Just a random thought ... needed to get it off my mind before I can focus
on my reading assignment =(

Samaporn


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