[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron's Development

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

No: HPFGUIDX 77464

scoutmom21113 wrote (2003-08-16 00:22):

>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "C M" <cmurph18 at y...> wrote:
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>I agree that Ron has grown up alot.  
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Yup. Just two OotP quotes:
1. >>[Ron was] sweeping his hair back quite unnecessarily so that it
looked interestingly windswept and glancing around to see whether the 
people nearest to
them -- a bunch of gossiping third-year Hufflepuffs -- had heard him.[...]
'Why are you grinning?'
'I'm not,' said Harry quickly, and looked down at his Transfiguration 
notes, attempting to
straighten his face. The truth was that Ron had just reminded Harry 
forcibly of another
Gryffindor Quidditch player who had once sat rumpling his hair under 
this very tree.
[...]
'Well, you're just going to have to break your promise, that's all,' 
said Ron firmly. [...]
'I know, it's just that - we promised,' said Hermione in a small voice.
Ron smoothed his hair flat again, looking preoccupied.
'Well,' he sighed, 'Hagrid hasn't been sacked yet, has he? He's hung on 
this long, maybe he'll
hang on till the end of term and we won't have to go near Grawp at all.'<<

Here we see Ron in a similar situation as James, but contrary to James 
he instantly came back to his usual responsibility (and flattened his hair).

2. Ron was also behaving most mature when his father was attacked -- he 
was the only one who didn't argue with Sirius about immediatelly going 
to St. Mungo's. Note that he hid his face during that time.

Regards,

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Pshemekan