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

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 38273



Hi,

Sunday, April 28, 2002, 12:19:44 PM, jenny_ravenclaw wrote:

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

Well, I hope things won't go too badly for Ron in the future
books.

While he has his little faults and prejudices like everyone
else, he also shows loyalty and strength.

>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.

I don't understand why Ron's inability to fight the
Imperious curse gets used as an argument against him.

The way I understood it, Harry was the *only* one who was
successful with that.
So everyone else, including Hermione would then be weak.

And I don't see Ron changing his mind every time he listens
to someone, so how exactly is he easily influenced by
others?

Even when mad at Harry, thinking Harry had lied to him, he
didn't turn against him in any other way besides not talking
to him.
No mean remarks, getting together with Harry's enemies, or
did I miss something?

While Ron was definitely wrong here, I still don't think
he'll turn against Harry at the first opportunity to get rich
or famous, like some people believe he would.

He does get influenced by his emotions a lot and has some
growing up to do, but so does pretty much everyone else.

Just because Hermione is different in that regard (though
she runs off crying, when her feelings get hurt,
occasionally, and panics in tense situations) doesn't mean
that all kids that age are the same.

Some grow up faster than others (Harry had to, for example,
but I'm not sure it was exactly emotionally healthy for him
to have to control his emotions so tightly, and only
occasionally "blow up").

I don't see Ron as generally mean, mostly his run-ins are
with Hermione and Draco.
Usually Ron seems like a pretty caring and loyal kid, with
just a few things that could use improvement, just like
Hermione, who could use a few lessons in timing and caring
behavior herself (all just my opinion, of course <g>).

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net