Speculative analysis on the trio as prefects

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No: HPFGUIDX 27883

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Penny wrote:
> 
> >I also cannot buy Ron being named a prefect & Harry not being 
named 
> one.  There's no basis for that particular choice 
> > as best I can see. 


> Well, the basis I could see for not choosing Harry (other than his 
> being an inveterate rulebreaker) is that he is at the center of a 
war 
> for Wizarding As We Know It and as such has rather a lot on his 
plate. 
>  The question of whether Ron would be a good candidate is 
independent 
> of this one. 
> 
> Amy Z

Well, Harry is just following in James' footsteps. James was also a 
rulebreaker, and the professors knew it, but that didn't stop them 
from making him prefect and Head Boy.  I see your point about Harry 
being at the center of the next war.  I wonder, though, if Harry's 
peculiar position automatically disqualifies him from being named 
prefect.  

On the one hand, if Dumbledore and Co. want Harry to play a major 
part against Voldemort, or feel that Harry is destined to do this, 
whatever anyone else wants, you would think that they'd start 
preparing him more.  There is a lot Harry doesn't know, starting with 
why V. wanted to kill him.  

On the other hand, if Dumbledore and Co. want Harry to be treated 
like anyone else at Hogwarts, then, if he has the qualifications to 
be a prefect, they must make him one.  Or, at the very least, offer 
it to him and perhaps gently remind him (like he can forget) that 
Voldemort's increasing power might interfere with his prefect 
duties...

Marianne



>  Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry's 
>  death, which he found extremely annoying.
>                 -HP and the Goblet of Fire
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