Why Ron Isn't a Seer

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21178

Hello again!

I wrote earlier that I would post something about Ron and Seeing, but 
I was at school without my books.  Now I am home, with the air 
conditioning on and the books by my side.

I don't understand why people think Ron is a Seer.  I do think JKR is 
trying to show us just how imprecise an art Divination really is, and 
she does it nicely through Trelawney, and I do think Harry has the 
ability.  I also believe that Ron has some moments of real insight, 
but that doesn't mean that he is Seeing.  I don't have lists of 
examples, but I have a few to back up why I think Ron isn't a Seer.

* He is often wrong about who he believes to be guilty.  He continues 
to be suspicious of Snape even though he knows that in SS, Snape saved 
Harry from Quirrel.  Ron is also very quick to accuse Malfoy of nearly 
everything under the sun, simply because he dislikes Malfoy so much, 
not necessarily because Malfoy does things that arouse real suspicion.  
Wouldn't he have felt otherwise if he was a Seer?

* Ron was quite insightful when he, Harry and Hermione visited Sirius 
in GoF when he says "I know Dumbledore's brilliant and everything, but 
that doesn't mean a really clever Dark wizard couldn't fool him-" (Ch 
27).  Here, he was right, but not due to any psychic abilities.  He 
was just stating something that anyone could think of on their own.  
In fact, in the same chapter, he accuses Snape of being a DE and 
Lucius Malfoy of stealing Harry's wand at the World Cup.

* We have also never heard of Ron having any real "visions" or dreams 
the way Harry has.  I feel that we would have been privy to such 
experiences of Ron's had they happened.  Perhaps his Seeing hasn't 
been truly discovered or even developed yet, but I doubt it.

I'm sure there is more, but this is what I found so far.  I'm also 
sure people will jump in to tear my points to shreds, which I'm used 
to by now *sigh*.  I'd like to hear what people think, regardless.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who has six day left until her summer 
vacation!***********************************