Ginny's Role in Book 7 (was: Re: Four ponderings)

[kchuplis]

No: HPFGUIDX 145022

I am still sticking up for the "Ginny from Harry's POV makes us see the "new" her". 
CoS is the first time he spends any time with her. She doesn't talk. In point of fact, 
this is considered really wierd behaviour for her. CoS pg. 40 Ron says, "You don't 
know how wierd it is for her to be this shy.  She never shuts up normally." and then at 
the bookstore when she speaks up for Harry (pg. 61) "Leave him alone! He didn't want 
all that!"  Now, that's fairly sparky for a young girl who is so girlishly in the throws of 
her first big crush. To speak up 1) for Harry (object of her crush) and 2) to speak up 
to another older boy of obvious stature....well, she's got some hutzpah. Yet everyone 
seems terribly shocked when she shows hutzpah later. I'm not seeing any huge 
changes. You just see MORE of her because Harry sees MORE of her. Is it so stunning 
that after spending a large portion of the summer after PoA with her in her much 
more natural state, that he slowly gets to a new regard? Maybe it's just me, but I just 
don't see the shock of the whole thing.

kchuplis