Ron's wand, Turning Evil/dying

[Elizabeth Dalton]

No: HPFGUIDX 30731

ktchong73 at yahoo.com wrote:
> (Ron's 
> wand is made of willow, symbolizing sacrifice and cycle of life and 
> death; and his wand core is unicorn hair, suggesting that he doesn't 
> have too long to live.)

Um... his old (handed down, broken in CoS) wand had a unicorn core, as 
well. Maybe that was because *it* didn't have too much longer to live....? 
But we've only seen three classic wand cores in Olivander's collection: 
dragon heartstring, unicorn hair, or phoenix feather. I'm not sure we can 
read too much into the meanings when there are so few choices. The wood 
analysis seemed much more plausible.

I don't buy the idea of Ron turning evil, in the sense of going to 
Voldemort's camp. He's jealous, but I can't see him being dumb enough to 
side with Voldemort. What could Voldemort give him that he doesn't have? 
He's seen what happened to Peter.

I could, however, see him going apathetic, and not being there at a 
critical time when Harry needs his help. Not actively helping Voldemort, 
but not helping Harry, either. And that might be a bigger evil.

Elizabeth