Ron's envy

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 38562



Hi,

Tuesday, May 07, 2002, 4:16:12 PM, Laura 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)

He's eleven years old!
What do people expect?

I wonder what Harry's greatest desire would be, if he still
had his parents?

Hermione's?

At that age kids don't usually have very complicated
desires.


>  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 clichd) 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?

Maybe his desires have changed by now?

Maybe this is Ron's big test? Will he choose to split up
with his friends over something that he desires, but they
get?

Or will he not?

And I'm not really sure that Ron split with Harry because of
envy. IMO he did it because he thought Harry had lied to
him. Envy may have been a part of it, but not entirely.

I wonder if we'll see the mirror of Erised again in future
books.

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