[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: prefects & head boy

[BrwNeil at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 95086

In a message dated 4/3/2004 4:41:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
shrtbusryder2002 at yahoo.com writes:

    Newly Elected rather than newly appointed seems to imply popular 
vote in my mind. Could easily explain the ever popular James getting 
Head Boy over Prefect Remus.

Jason, who apologizes if this has been covered.

A popular vote, I don't believe would work in canon. Harry could possibly 
easily win a popular vote in the school and become Head Boy.  I doubt, however, 
that Hermione is popular enough among her peers to win a popularity contest and 
she should be Head Girl.

I'm eager to see how Rowling handles this when the time comes.  Will Ron 
actually get the desires he saw in the mirror.  Head Boy and Quidditch captain.  
If he gets all that plus Hermione, there leaves little reason for being a hero. 



Neil


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