Neville's Development (was: Ginny's development)

[Mark D.]

No: HPFGUIDX 72378

Bravery is not the absence of fear, It acknowledging the fear and 
facing it. Neville may be a late bloomer (at 15 I was pretty gawky 
and probably resembled neville way too much) but in OOP he defied 
expulsin to study DA, he progressed way more than anyone expected 
(I'd give him an E), he accompanied Harry to the MoM facing probable 
death and actually facing his parents' attacker. All in all, he did 
better in battle than anyone else in the DA (except Harry of course)
I wonder how many OWLs Neville gets and how much he'll grow over the 
summer
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bookraptor11" <DMCourt11 at c...> 
wrote:
> A few examples would be: in the first book, when he throws himself 
at Crabbe and Goyle in the fight, in all the books when he shows up 
for every potions class even though we know that Snape is his worst 
fear. 
> No matter what, he never quits, he faces Snape week after week, ten 
> months every year for five years now.
> 
> I've come to the conclusion Neville isn't becoming less cowardly, 
> he's always been brave. His lack of self confidence keeps everyone 
> from noticing this.
> 
> Donna