[HPforGrownups] Re: Thoughts on Ron Weasley

[RoxyElliot at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 72142

In a message dated 7/21/2003 3:10:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
arobotti at lightspeedcommunications.net writes:
I had a real believability lapse though, when Ron and 
Hermione, Harry's two best friends, are the two Gryffindors 
deserving of Prefect-ship. I was thinking, "Wait a second, 
*only* Harry's two best friends, out of *all* the Gryffindors 
are up for this?" I think it was then that I started to 
realize that the other characters in Gryffindor house weren't 
as fully developed as I would like. I mean, these three 
aren't the only three in the book!

Here's what I think happened. I think JKR wanted to make Ron 
a Prefect, a good literary decision IMHO. That was an 
interesting set-up. But I think that she realized that 
Hermione being passed over for prefect while Ron got the nod 
just wasn't going to be believable. So there you are, stuck 
with it. So in that way, yes, she "settled for Ron" but 
really what happened IMO was that she settled for Hermione in 
the interest of believability.
  
Anne
But who else?  Seamus and Dean seem pretty darn average.  Neville is getting 
braver, but still isn't assertive enough to be a prefect.  Parvati and 
Lavender don't seem like they'd be interested.  For me the minor characters are 
developed enough for me to know that none of them would make great prefects.

Ron strikes me as a better choice than Harry.  He shows a lot of common 
sense, and I always thought of him as being a good leader.  Also, Harry has this 
larger destiny.  I think he's just to darn busy saving the world from evil to 
worry about other students misbehaving.

Roxanne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding 
world.
-Ron Weasley


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