Invisible minorities

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 79050

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:
> <<<"quigonginger" wrote...We are about 10% of the population...So 
> what do y'all think?  Is there a reason that not one of the 
> characters in Harry Potter has been distinguished as being left-
> handed?...>>>
> 
> The Sergeant Majorette says
> 
> 10%? That's all? So Harry is right-handed (probably to further 
> indicate how incredibly average he is), but how about Ron for a 
> lefty, or for sure one of the twins? Fred, I'd say. He's the one I 
> picked in a "which Weasley is gay?" poll because he seems a little 
> more caustic than George. Then there's Aberforth Dumbledore (who I 
> bet we'll see a lot more of) and of course, Luna and Tonks. I read 
> somewhere that the one surest cause of stuttering in a child absent 
> neurological damage is forcing handedness. And when I was a kid 
> trying to acquire hep handicaps, I found that you do everything 
> mirror when you let your 'other' hand do its thing. Maybe Neville
is 
> a natural lefty forced into opposite handedness as a function of a 
> Memory Charm or some other plot point. Suppose, when he gets his
own 
> wand, Ollivander fits him as a lefty?
> 
> Not as much fun as the "who's gay" brouhaha, but a good one with a 
> lot of promise!
> 
Tunks is right-handed, as we see her cast a spell holding Hedwigs cage
in the left hand, and her wand in her right hand. Lupin probably is as
well, as he summons the bus with his right arm, even if he did chain
his right arm to Peters left arm in PoA. The same goes for Snape (he
holds Trevor in his left hand, while holding a spoon full of potion in
his right hand). Ron's right hand was sore from polishing plaques.
Also, Hermione used her right hand to take out her wand while holding
Harrys robe in her left hand.

However, I did spot one left-handed character: Peter Pettigrew. When
cutting off a finger, he cuts one off on his right hand, so I doubt he
writes with that hand, and he later follows this up by cutting off his
right arm! He has a new arm, but still, I doubt he would have done
that if he was right-handed. 

Oh, and Neville certainly could be left handed. After all, when Madam
Hooch had everyone put their right hand over their broom and say "Up",
his didn't move, and it may have been because he should have used his
left hand...

--Arcum, who is also left-handed