Ron's Envy (was Re: Neville: Memory, History, Legacy

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 38556

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Laura Huntley" <huntleyl at m...> wrote:
> 
> Both the things Ron sees as his "greatest desire" (and it really is 
rather disturbing that these are his greatest desires -- the kid 
really needs some ambition, or at least some imagination) are things 
that are likely to be attained to his two best friends in the 
future.  While Hermione may not be Head Girl, I'm sure Ron sees her 
as headed in that direction (as do we, even if we feel it's clichéd) 
and he also probably envisions Harry as being Quidditch Captain 
someday.
> 
> Sort of distressing, eh?  We've already seen Ron split with Harry 
because of envy and Ron split with Hermione because of every little 
thing under the sun ^_~.  Perhaps this is another piece of 
foreshadowing?
> 
> laura
> 
> 

If it is a foreshadowing, then it is a foreshadowing of Ron *getting 
over* his envy. Remember, Ron didn't want to return to the mirror and 
tried to dissuade Harry from doing so. It seems, then, that he was 
much less vulnerable to the mirror's fascination than Harry - which I 
understand to mean that his "deepest, most desperate desire" was a 
lot less desperate than Harry's was. 
This foreshadowing has, in fact, already been fulfilled. Ron did 
reach an "envy crisis", and, indeed, got over it without great damage 
being done. Isn't it the convention that once a crisis is overcome, 
it doesn't return? That the problem, once it has surfaced and been 
faced, is resolved? 


Naama