Sacrifice? was Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Request for opinions (and reasons to justify them)

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 44766



Hi,

Tuesday, October 01, 2002, 6:29:49 AM, Andrea wrote:

> As you said, the chess game in PS/SS is an *immense* bit of
> foreshadowing.  Ron also was willing to put himself in danger to save
> Harry in POA when facing down Sirius.

We've seen Ron's willingness to risk his life to save his
friends (Harry, specifically) several times (the chess scene
in PS, twice in POA, first,when he pushes Harry away from
the dog, then when he says:"If you want to kill Harry,
you'll have to kill us too!")

Is the Ron the only one of the trio who has taken this kind
of risk?

How about Harry and Hermione?

Has a situation like this just never come up for them, or
I'm just not remembering them, since they aren't frequently
mentioned in discussions?

I always *thought* they'd all three risk their lives for
each other, kind of like the three Musketeers (one for all,
all for one), but maybe not?

Is it significant for JKR to have Ron push Harry out of the
way (Hermione could have done this, too) and say the line in
the shack?

Is he really the only one willing to give it all up for the
others and therefor the most likely to die in a later book?

(Someone please convince me this is not the case! I'm
starting to feel I'd better leave the lists and not read the
books until the last one is out and I can feel safe that Ron
makes it through. For some reason I'm not worried about
Hermione and I know this irks JKR, and I'm not too worried
about Harry, either. But all this talk about Ron and all
this hate pouring out against him on many forums has made me
fiercely protective of him <g>.
JKR sure must have done something right with his character
to reap such strong reactions, one way or another, concering
Ron!)

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Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net