[HPforGrownups] Re: OotP Harry not a prefect & his Inner Voice

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 115200


--- delwynmarch <delwynmarch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Actually, if you look closely, you'll realise that making Ron and
> Hermione Prefects does not seem to have brought anything to the
> story.....
> As for Ron, as you point out, becoming a Prefect doesn't seem to 
> have had any effect on him. It seems all of it was almost
*useless*.
> Interesting, at least to me.


Oh, I'm not sure about that.  He had to be prodded by Hermione to
remember his duties but I think Ron's holding the position told us a
lot about Ron.

1.  He really does want to shine somehow, to be more than just exist
in the shadow of his brothers (remember his view of the mirror of
Erised in PS/SS?).  But there's an old saying: be careful what you
wish for because you may get it.  When Ron thought about the glory of
being Prefect, he didn't think of what duties come with the position.
 So Ron had to confront the real meaning of what he'd wished for when
he was younger.  

Also it's ironic that he welcomes getting the job when in GOF the
twins told him to butt out of their business because he was turning
into Percy and accused him of being made prefect next and Ron's
response was to heatedly deny that he would be.  

Which leads to my second point...

2.  Ron badly needed to get away from the twins.  Whether they meant
to or not, Fred and George were cramping Ron badly.  F&G's opnions
mattered tremendously to Ron and if they didn't like something, then
he didn't either.  Ron's worst moment was his refusal to confront the
twins when they were experimenting inappropriately on first years for
their products.  He wimped out of confronting them because he was
afraid of their contempt and scorn.  

Is it really a coincidence that Ron had his first good Quidditch game
AFTER the twins left Hogwarts? I don't think so.  I think that
worrying about how the twins perceived his playing was a major drag
on Ron's performance all through the fall.

So yes, I think we did get to see more of Ron as a result of his new
position.

Magda


		
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