Ron's prejudices (Was: prejudice in the WW (was: If I had to choose...)

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 38268

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> wrote:
 
> I'm not making a judgment so much as simply arguing that it seems to 
me that it's largely factual issue.  Ron *is* demonstrating prejudiced 
behavior against werewolves and giants and house elves when last we 
saw him in GoF.>

You know, Penny, you are successfully making me like Ron quite a bit 
less than I did a few months ago and my upcoming comments will reflect 
that.  However, don't ever think I'll stop being a H/G SHIPper!

Ron definitely displays prejudices several times throughout the series 
but I do not think he does so in the way, say Draco does.  Ron is 
easily influenced by others.  IOW, he is rather weak.  The fact that 
he cannot fight the Imperius Curse is evidence of that to me.  When it 
comes to prejudices, I feel that somewhere along the line when Ron was 
much younger, he heard some arguments against werewolves and giants 
(or maybe he simply heard what nearly everyone around him was saying) 
and took those comments for fact without thinking them through for 
himself.  Ron isn't one to question and is much more likely to "judge 
a book by its cover", so to speak.  He's not strong enough to stand up 
alone and express his views the way Hermione does.  He even holds 
prejudices against girls who aren't pretty enough, like Eloise Midgen, 
and instead gazes adoringly at the prettiest one around, even though 
she may not be particularly nice, as apparently Fleur was not when Ron 
asked her to the Yule Ball, or even when she snorted upon entering 
Hogwarts.  He looks at things too much at face value.

This gives me a bad feeling about Ron.  Good things aren't coming his 
way in the next few books.  What do others think?

--jenny from ravenclaw ***************************