[HPforGrownups] Re: Neville's Gran

[mom31]

No: HPFGUIDX 85607





  Carol: 

  >I don't think we've really looked closely into the results from Ron's
  new wand. Obviously it works better than the broken one, which
  backfired to make him eat slugs and to wipe out Lockhart's memory. I
  think JKR just takes the new wand for granted. Does Ron have problems
  with his  used wand in SS/PS, before it's broken? (Movie contamination
  here--I can see him turning Scabbers into a furry cup with a tail.
  Does something like that happen in the book, and if so is it in PS?SS
  or CS?) Anyway, just because Ron doesn't say, "Oh! I'm so happy to
  have my own wand!" doesn't mean that the new wand doesn't suit him
  better than the old one. It's like a new pair of shoes. If they pinch
  your feet, you notice them. If they fit, you take them for granted. I
  think that's what's happening here. Ron's new wand works fine. He's
  stopped wreaking havoc. Why mention it?


  Joj :

  That's true, but I was trying to point out the differences in the reasons why both wands were broken in the first place.  

  Ron's wand  broke to serve the plot.  It was kind of a running gag, until the real purpose was revealed at the end.  It rebounded the memory charm back onto  Lockhart.  Not a humongous plot point, but certainly the reason JKR wrote Ron's wand being broken.

  Which brings us to Neille.  There was no purpose served by his wand being broken.  The importance of it happening, therefore, must come in the replacing of that wand.  There must be either an improvement with the new wand, or we find out something about the old wand or if Gran will "kill him" for breaking it.  It just seems very significant to me.  


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