Ginny-Neville-Luna

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 136833

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
 
> 
> Unlike everyone else, I have never seen that exchange as Ginny
> standing up for Neville. I have always seen Neville's "I'm nobody" NOT
> as low self-image, but as an attempt to avoid giving Loony Luna his
> name because she is SO uncools that even Neville can't stand the
> prospect of her greeting him by name in front of other students some
> day. And Ginny is not letting him get away with that level of rudeness
> to Luna. I imagine Ginny doesn't allow anyone to be rude to Luna in
> her presence. That's probably part of why Luna thinks Ginny is nice.
> 
 
Hickengruendler:

I disagree. I agree that Luna was that odd on first glance, that even 
the outsider Neville had prejudices against her, but I think this 
statement does reflect his low self-esteem. Mostly because I see in 
direct contrast to his quote at the end of the book during the fight at 
the DoM: "He's not alone, he's still got me". Those two statements show 
Neville's development and growing during the book, from someone who 
considers himself a nobody to someone who sees himself as a help for 
Harry in the DoM.

Hickengruendler