Is Ginny's Sudden Personality Change Believeable?

[cressida_tt]

No: HPFGUIDX 76529

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acciosirius" 
<jendiangelo at c...> wrote:
> Buttercup wrote:
> > I'm wondering if Ginny's 180 degree personality change
> > is plausible. She goes from being pretty much
> > unnoticeable to being almost a female version of
> > Harry. 
> > 
> > I do have one problem with her though. She switches
> > boyfriends a little too quickly for a girl of only
> > fourteen years. One second it's Michael Corner, then 
> > Dean Thomas.

Cressida replies:

The suggestion that Ginny has had a sudden personality change is 
debatable if not entirely erroneous. If you read the first four books 
then the clues to her personality are all their. It is simply that 
she ha an embarassing crush on Harry that makes her awkward in his 
eyes. Ron actually says that it is unusual for her to be shy and she 
is normally talkative. After her rescue from the Chamber, she is 
upset but pushes Ron away when he tries to baby her. She is a Weasley 
with six big brothers and also Hermione's confidante at some points. 
We also see before the Yule ball her ability to give a sharp comment 
when she mentions to Hermione that the two boys have just been turned 
down for the ball. There is also the fact that she is still only 
14/15 and still developing as a person as well as a character in the 
series.

As to changing boyfriends quickly? She has had one relationship with 
Michael Corner and I am inclined to agree that Dean Thomas might have 
been a deliberate attempt to pull Ron's leg. 

D.