About Ron

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 116082


Del wrote:
> > I personally don't believe in Jealous!Ron. Ron wasn't jealous in 
> GoF, he was hurt, because he felt Harry had betrayed him by not
sharing with him how to get past the age line.
> > 
> > If you look all over the rest of the books, you'll see that 
> jealousy is  most definitely *not* one of Ron's traits. A bit of
envy sometimes, but never jealousy.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Hi, Del!
> 
> Personally, I do believe in jealous Ron in GoF. Especially because I 
> remember JKR specifically saying in one of the chats that she 
> portrayed Ron as jealous. <snip>
> 
> If you acknowledge that Ron could be envious sometimes, then envy is 
> a feeling that often goes together with jealosy.


Carol notes:
Might it be that JKR herself is using "jealousy" (as a teenager would)
to mean "envy"? Maybe we need to do another dictionary definition post
to make sure that everyone is using "jealousy" in the same sense. And
there's also the point that it's Hermione, not Ron himself, who
describes Ron's behavior in GoF as jealousy. I think he resents being
left out and "lied" to (or, as Del says, he feels betrayed).

Another thought: Harry has decided not to tell Ron what "Moody" has
suggested about someone putting his name in the Goblet of Fire in
order to get him killed. Harry thinks it would sound melodramatic. Yet
Hermione believes him immediately when he gives her that same
information. Wouldn't Ron, after all they've been through together,
have believed him, too? And whatever envy or "jealousy" he felt, if
any, would have dissipated, as it does when Ron knows that Harry has
to face a dragon. Look at his reaction whenever Harry tells him his
scar hurts.

Carol, who also doesn't believe in jealous!Ron