Ron Turning Evil

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No: HPFGUIDX 30836

I agree that Ron may well turn bad - or at least be seduced by the 
dark side at some point, because he's one of the has an obvious 
weakness in his hate of being poor and wanting to do somethign 
greater than his brothers - be mroe powerful than them.  But I don't 
think JKR would ever let us love a character so much - or allow a 
charater to be so close to Harry - if he was to end up bad.  he will 
redeem himself and show himself to be on the right side.  
However, I do agree that someone has to be seduced by the dark side - 
and someone good has to be sacrificed - my bet is one of the Weasley 
twins - because the good do die.

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., djdwjt at a... wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have a feeling that Neville mighty die, Ron turn evil over
> > > jealousy, and Hermione and Harry will live.....like someone said
> > > earlier history does repeat itself
> > 
> > I have a gut feeling that Ron is going to turn bad.  Ron is a 
very 
> > jealous person, and he is becoming more so as he grows up.  I 
think 
> > Ron will be seduced by Lord Voldemort or Voldemort's agent and 
> betray 
> > his friends in exchange for power.  Ron will gain much power from 
> > turning evil.  He will be more powerful than Harry and Hermione.  
> > That explains why Ron's new wand is unusually long, much longer 
> than 
> > Harry's.  However, Ron will ultimately redeem himself by 
> sacrificing 
> > his life to save Harry, Hermione, Ginny or/and someone else 
(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.)
> 
> 
> IMHO, the evidence doesn't support Ron's turning evil.  SS 
> characterizes unicorns as innocent; there is no suggestion that all 
> the innocent will die, merely that the innocent will be first.  
Thus, 
> the unicorn hair in Ron's wand may suggest innocence more than 
> shortness of life.  Wand length seems to relate to the size of the 
> owner as much as anything else.  The women tend to have short wands 
> and Hagrid's is the longest of anyone's, at 16 inches.  So Ron's 
long 
> wand suggests that he will be -- tall!  The possibility of his 
> sacrifice, however, is suggested both by the willow wand and his 
> sacrifice in the chess game in SS.  (I don't think he will die; 
> however, my reasons for that have nothing to do with wands.)
> 
> djd