Ron and money (kinda Spoilers)

[Kathleen Hunt]

No: HPFGUIDX 114950


Del <delwynmarch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Some posters here have been so tough with Ron for daring to complain 
about being poor, but JKR is on his side on that one. She says that 
"he cannot imagine how it must be not to notice a pocketful of gold disappearing", not that he's being jealous or greedy or anything, he's 
simply baffled. <snip> She even concludes by saying that she "wanted to 
show, through Ron, how hard it is sometimes not to have any money when 
other people do". *She* doesn't judge him to be a bad boy for complaining 
about money once in a while, in fact she calls him her "past self". <snip>

<snip> I think she's made it quite clear that her view of Ron is very 
different from the one some posters here hold (jealous Ron whose 
greediness will make him turn evil). <<


"figgys26cats":
I agree! I can't really believe that some think that Ron would ever go over 
to the dark side because of greed. I believe he will always remain faithful 
to his friends. I also think Ron's reactions are totally normal for a child 
who has grown up poor. I totally can relate. I always had hand-me down 
clothes/shoes, I carried my lunch to school cause we couldn't afford school 
lunches, and I always wished I had normal things. Even Harry can relate to 
Ron because of how he grew up at the Dursleys'.