Defending Ron ? Ultimate Betrayal vs Jealousy

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 77636

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erica" <cymru1ca at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113"
> > <navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> > > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "serenadust" 
<jmmears at c...> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > My point is that there really isn't the "something more" you 
> speak 
> > > > of, IMO.  Can I ask you to go back and read messages 52038 
and 
> > > > 52039?  This is Dicentra's famous "Anatomy of a Rift" essay 
> where 
> > > > she does a spectacular job of dissecting this episode. ...
> > > > 
> > > > Jo Serenadust
> > > 
> > > Thanks for pointing out these posts.  They are truly 
excellent.  
> And 
> > > before I'm accused of "me, too", I pull this paragraph out of 
> your 
> > > (well-written) longer post for those who might have skimmed 
over 
> it 
> > > and missed the reference.
> > > 
> > > Ravenclaw Bookworm
> > 
> > 
> > bboy_mn:  
> > 
> > Well yes, Dicentra's Posts titled 'Anatomy of a Rift - Parts 1 & 
2'
> > are a most excellent essay, but I recommend-
> > 
> > 
> > Ron: GoF: Betrayed or Jealous?
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/42739
> > 
> > Ron: GoF: Betrayed or Jealous? Revisited.
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/43801
> > 
> > Why, you might ask? Because I wrote them, I reply.
> > 
> > Contain line by line analysis (Am Ed) of the first time Ron and 
> Harry
> > speak after Harry's name comes out of the Goblet of Fire.
> > 
> > There are other Posts on the same subject but I think these two 
> thread
> > are the most comprehensive analysis by this group of the fight 
> between
> > Harry and Ron in 'Goblet of Fire'. Opinions weighing strongly on 
> both
> > sides.
> > 
> > Direct Links to 'Anatomy of a Rift'-
> > 
> > Anatomy of a Rift (Part 1 of 2) LONG
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/52038
> > 
> > Anatomy of a Rift (Part 2 of 2) LONG
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/52039
> > 
> > Just thought I would pass it along. For the record; I say 
BETRAYAL.
> > 
> > bboy_mn
> 
> When Harry returns from his trial at the MoM, Ron is ecstatic to 
> learn that Harry 'got off', however, what I find interesting is the 
> way that he puts it:
> 
> 'I knew it!' yelled Ron punching the air.  'You always get away 
with 
> stuff'.   Do you suppose there is anything 'lurking' in the 'You 
> always get away with stuff'?
> 
> Erica

Wouldn't that be a normal reaction?  I mean kids tend to say exactly 
what they mean.  Ron's response is definately something a teenager 
would say.  Harry does "get away with stuff."  And Ron has said it in 
a very happy moment, "Punching the air".  It was not said in a mean, 
dispirted way.  

D