Speculative analysis on the trio as prefects

[dkgrubb at earthlink.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 27708

Luke wrote:
> 
> 6) Ron and Hermione become prefects, Harry does not
> 
> Harry may find, much to his surprise, that because *both* his friends 
> were chosen he does feel left out, even though all through his 
> Hogwarts years he has not sought this kind of distinction.  It is not 
> likely to be a heavily emotional response, but a subtle one, that 
> perhaps helps him further learn from and cope with his own destiny, 
> and how it is seperate and apart from the kind of destiny others have. 
>  Or he may simply react in pleasure for the sake of his friends and 
> their resulting happiness (which would also have been the outward 
> appearance of the former anyway).  Hermione may express a certain 
> degree of shock at Ron's being chosen, but it will not call into 
> question her self-worth, because she was chosen too.  Ron will be 
> extremely pleased to have achieved distinction and may even lord it 
> over Harry unintentionally, but Harry will not react very badly, 
> although it may be the catalyst to cause him to realize he doesn't 
> really wish to be left out.

I adore Luke's analysis of practically anything Harry Potter, thanks.

I just wanted to add a point about the case of "Harry not a prefect, 
Hermione and Ron are prefects".  Groups of three friends are usually 
unstable, often finding themselves aligned as two against one with the 
"one" constantly changing. In PoA, Hermione is the one on the outs for 
a good part of the book, and in GoF, Ron is excluded for at least a few 
weeks.  It does not seem too unlikely that in OoP, Harry will finally 
find himself to be the third in "three's a crowd", either because the 
other two are prefects, or because the other two have developed another 
interest not including him. I prefer the prefect situation to the 
romantic one, because I just cannot buy the H-R ship.

Debra