Lupin's house (WAS Lupin's personality)

[thetruthisoutthere_13]

No: HPFGUIDX 78456

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "andydarley" <mail at a...> wrote:

Astrofiammante: But can he be both a coward and a Gryffindor? I must 
say that I struggle to see how, if bravery is the defining 
characteristic of that house. 

Me (kg): In PS/SS, Neville gets ten points at the end of school year 
feast because (paraphrase) "It takes one type of courage to stand up 
to danger, another to stand up against our friends". Some one can be 
very brave but not able to tell his or her friends that what they're 
doing is wrong, and someone can be brave about telling the truth to 
friends but have problems acting in moments of danger. So I wouldn't 
go as far as to call Lupin a coward, and before OotP I wouldn't have 
said that Neville showed a tremendous amount of bravery (although he 
showed glimpses of potential).

-kg