Adaptability was re: Harry IS Snape.

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 141321

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kemper <iam.kemper at g...> wrote:
 
>  Kemper:
> I agreed with most of the Pippin's snipped post except the
"non-adaptable to
> change" part. I think as a spy Snape is one of the most adaptable to
change.
> And seems as adaptable if not more so than Harry. Ron, however,
doesn't seem
> too adaptable to change. He's resistant to it.
>  IIRC, he's a bit anxious and once panic stricken going through the
various
> guards of the Stone except for Wizarding Chess, but it is also something
> very familiar to him. He's anxious going to talk with Aragog and
rightfully
> so. He's resistant to believe Scabbers isn't what he appears and
resistant
> accept the suspicious circumstances of his best friend becoming a
Champion
> until after the 1st task. He anxious as Keeper in front of anyone.
Perhaps
> there are more examples, but that's what I got.
>  I'm not saying that Ron is a coward. He shows courage in every
book. But...
> it seems he fights to keep his comfort zone.
>  Kemper
>  

I agree on the Snape analysis, as well.  However, I disagree with
Ron's .  I think Ron is very adaptable - he just is mre imaginative
than most folks his age.  He *fears* things that are unknown, but that
does not, as you pointed out, stop him from being courageous.  In
fact, Ron overcomes his fear, time & time again, more than most in the
PotterWorld.  Who doesn't want their comfort zone?   All of us do -
what Ron is faced with is more than keeping his comfort zone - it is
looking at what fears him most and dealing with it, facing the facts
and doing the right thing.

colebiancardi
(who absolutely loves Ron and is glad he got together with Hermoine)