[HPforGrownups] Hermione's Reaction to... Was: Re: Harry's first Kiss (is it a smoke screen?)

[cmtebb]

No: HPFGUIDX 106015

Del:
> No, I don't think Ron's only choice is to d-die,
> really not. All he
> needs is to get out of the shadows of his b-brothers
> and Harry. Well,
> his brothers have already left Hogwarts, so that's
> one m-mega-big
> shadow removed. And as for Harry... Well, Ron would
> just need to be
> given something *very important* to do *alone*, or
> at least not with
> Harry, something where people would have to admit
> that Ron did it
> without the slightest help from Harry. And of
> course, Ron has already
> been given the perfect tool for that : the Prefect
> badge. 
 

cmtebb:
but Ron has already been given that, hasn't he? He
proved himself at the Quidditch Cup. He wasn't in the
shadow of Harry and he blocked all those goals
/himself/, without anyone. 

On another note, you don't think Ron will die? I have
been convinced, sadly. This is from The North Tower
and editorial by Maline Freden and mugglenet.com

"Reason 2: McGonagall's Chess game

This is a theory that I received quite some time ago
from Dora and Gally. Clumsy in general as I am, I lost
their e-mail address, so I couldn't write them back
about it. I'll just hope that they don't mind me using
it. :-) Everything in italics is part of the message
they sent me. (The passage is PS p. 204-206 UK
paperback edition by the way.)

    "Rowling always had a good sense of humour ;-).
She described the Second Wizard War in the
McGonagall's chess game. The chessmen (chessmen,
figures...how strangely she describes them, like real
people, not like pieces of stone) are black (Aurors)
and white (Death Eaters). The white figures are scary,
cus they are "faceless" (white terrible masks of Death
Eaters)

    "Harry, Ron and Hermione shivered slightly -- the
towering white chessmen had no faces."

    Then let's take a look at this:

    "Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop,
and Hermione, you are next to him instead of that
castle."
    "What about you?"
    "I'm going to be a knight," said Ron."

    That's a very strange choice, isn't it? Ron is
very good at chess, he must knew, that it's better to
be a king, because kings can stay until the end of the
game without being taken, and they are the ones, who
command. It would be much more logical and safe to be
a king. But Rowling likes symbolism, and everything in
this chess game is symbolical. Ron IS a knight,
because this redhead boy is pure in heart and brave as
a real knight. He never was a king, or a commander."

    Insert Maline: I agree with this. Ron is really
the ideal Gryffindor, and in turn the ideal knight
(see NT 20 for arguments on this). Even his hair is
the Gryffindor colour (or almost) :-)

    "Hermione is a castle, because castle walks
straight, and Hermione is quite a "straight" person.
Harry is a bishop because bishop is the figure that is
very close to the King (Dumbledore). Harry is also not
"straight" like Hermione, he prefers "to walk
diagonally," because he's self-effacing and a little
secretive (like confessors (bishop))."

    Insert Maline: I'd rather compare the "walking
diagonally" to Harry's disrespect for rules and
willingness to cross some lines for a good cause, but
sure

    "Then the game (WAR) begins...

    "Their first real shock came when their other
knight was taken. The white queen smashed him to the
floor and dragged him off the board, where he lay
quite still, facedown."

    Bellatrix Lestrange murdered Sirius Black."

    Insert Maline: this is an excellent point.
Especially when you take a look at how much alike Ron
and Sirius are. Both brave, both a bit reckless, Ron
is Harry's best friend, Sirius is James' best friend,
both tend to act without really thinking things over
(contrast: Hermione and Lupin) and so on. From what we
know of Sirius, he's definitely a knight, too (e.g.
Hagrid: "he died in battle, an' tha's the way he'd've
wanted ter go" OotP, p. 753), he fits the parallel
perfectly. So does Bellatrix Lestrange as "the White
Queen". In her trial (GoF), she is said to be sitting
in her chair as if it were a throne, and there's
definitely something regal in the way she is
portrayed. Furthermore, she's the only prominent
female Death Eater, and one who's totally loyal to
Voldemort at that. If Voldemort is the white king
(just think of his complexion), then surely Bellatrix
is his queen. (Her husband is barely mentioned.)

    "Every time one of their men was lost, the white
pieces showed no mercy. Soon there was a huddle of
limp black players slumped along the wall. Ron himself
darted around the board, taking almost as many white
pieces as they had lost black ones."

    "The war plot of the sixth book. Aurors and Death
Eaters are dying, many of them. Mrs Weasley wasn't
being silly. Book 6 spoiler."

    "Yes..." said Ron softly, "It's the only way...
I've got to be taken."
    "No!" Harry and Hermione shouted.
    "That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make
some sacrifices! I take one step forward and she'll
take me -- that leaves you free to checkmate the king,
Harry!"
    "But --"
    "Do you want to stop Snape or not?"
    "Ron --"
    "Look, if you don't hurry up, he'll already have
the Stone!"
    There was no alternative."

    Ron sacrifices himself to let Harry kill
Voldemort. There is NO alternative, he has to die
anyway. The book 7 spoiler.

    "He stepped forward, and the white queen pounced.
She struck Ron hard across the head with her stone
arm, and he crashed to the floor - Hermione screamed
but stayed on her square - the white queen dragged Ron
to one side. He looked as if he'd been knocked out."

    Bellatrix Lestrange murders Ron Weasley.

    "The white king took off his crown and threw it at
Harry's feet. They had won. The chessmen parted and
bowed, leaving the door ahead clear."

    Harry kills Voldemort and survives. The Second
Wizard War ends.

    Additional information:

    During the chessgame, the author writes:

    "Twice, Ron only just noticed in time that Harry
and Hermione were in danger."

    What's going to happen in Books 6 and 7 with the
trio? Where are they going to go, how are they going
to be in danger? Something wicked this way comes." "





		
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