Ron as prefect

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 106029

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermionekitten9" <kreneeb at h...>
wrote:
> So in the fifth book how do you think Harry would act 
> like, as prefect? Do you think he would have pinned on his prefect 
> pin and all of a sudden turn into everything that Hermione, and 
> Ernie would hope for, turn into the embodiment of all Percy stands 
> for? Or do you think he would react the exact same way (if not 
> similar) to the way Ron reacted? Because I can see Harry doing the 
> same things that Ron did... I can see Harry being intimidated by the 
> twins, finding having to deal with the first years annoying, what 
> else did Ron do? (That wasn't a mistake on JKR's part)

I disagree. I don't think that Harry should have been made prefect
because of his mental state at the beginning of the year and due to
the harassment he would have been subject to from his image in the WW,
but there are two cases that illustrate clearly where he would have
acted differently in precisely the above instances. I don't have the
book with me so I can't give the exact quote, but from memory:

1. Attitude towards first years: right after the first evening banquet
in OOP, Hermione reminds Ron to gather the first years and Ron reacts
quite disdainfully towards them (though in good humor). Harry on the
other hand sees how small and frightened they seem and smiles
encouragingly to reassure them (and is rewarded by them huddling
together in fear of him, poor guy).

2. Attitude towards the twins. For one, Harry has never been
intimidated by them (but then they are not his big brothers) and he
had no problems calling them to order (and having them obey!) during
the DA meetings (witness the incident where they were playing tricks
on Zacharias Smith and all it took is Harry looking at them to get
them to stop and apologize).

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