The Purpose of the Weasleys (was; Saving every Sickle)

[marephraim]

No: HPFGUIDX 59353

 rayheuer3 at a... wrote:
> shagufta_naazpk2000 at y... writes:
> 
> I assume you mean Scabbers.  But Ron is still disparaging of Pig, 
>who is  Ron's alone, and was a gift.  One of the other posters was 
>quite upset about this, since it shows a streak of ingratitude in 
Ron's constant whining.

Ron is like a lot of teenage/slightly pre-teenage boys. He's from a 
larger family, has picked up on the 'we're not too well off 
financially' motif of the family, and attempts to react in 
a 'mature' manner by being cynical. It's one of his most endearing 
qualities. Ron is dealing with a true frustration as well as the 
incipient drive to move outside his expected mediocrity (a la his 
family's status in the WW), compounded by the fact that his best 
friend is the most famous wizard of the age, and his would-be girl 
friend is the smartst witch of her generation. What Ron needs is to 
bask in the glow of his own glory for a while, which may come in 
OoP, eh?

MarEphraim