Snape, Trelawney, Lockhart, Skeeter (was How Snape is like Harry)

[Jenny from Ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 28947

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "David" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
 
> Two questions: how is Ron doing on this issue?>


Hey, Davey Elf - 

Great comments about the characters and their quests for attention.  I 
am thinking out loud about Ron, so excuse me if my comments sound a 
bit nonsensical...

Ron definitely wants attention.  However, I can't say he fits into any 
of the categories that the others characters do.  I think maybe what 
Ron wants is to be acknowledged as being in the same league as his 
friends.  Does that make sense?  Ron wants people to see him as 
Harry's best friend because Ron is a great guy who Harry chose to be 
his friend.  He wants Draco to envy *him* (little does he know, 
actually, that Draco does, because Draco would, IMO, sell his soul to 
be Harry's friend).  He wants to make sure that people know that he 
has been there, a number of times to help Harry - the Sorcerer's Stone 
rescue, the defeat of the basilisk, etc.  Ron wants reassurance from 
others.  Unfortunately, Ron hasn't yet learned to reassure himself.

Whaddya know?  In a way, *Ron* is like Snape too!>

--jenny from ravenclaw, who likes to give credit where credit is due, 
so she understands where Ron (and Snape) is coming from 
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