[HPforGrownups] Re:Prefect Ron (was DD on the Dursleys).

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 151162


On Apr 19, 2006, at 2:55 PM, OctobersChild48 at aol.com wrote:

>
> Ron of all people? Puhleeze! There was absolutely nothing to  
> recommend Ron as a
> viable candidate for it. He is not a good student, doesn't show  
> signs of being
> particularly magically gifted, is guilty of much rule breaking,  
> yes, I know,
> so is Harry, and has never shown any kind of leadership qualities.  
> Nor does he
> seem to be driven to succeed in any way. And he isn't particularly  
> overloaded
> with self confidence. All of this plays out in his performance as a  
> Prefect,
> which is dismal at best. By the end of OoP we are made to  
> understand why Harry
> wasn't made Prefect, but I still have to ask what was JKR's  
> intention by
> making Ron one? I do understand that part of it was meant to create  
> yet more angst
> for Harry, but why do that to Ron? Why put him in a position that  
> he was so
> inadequate for?
>

kchuplis:


But sometimes, that is a reason as well, to teach self confidence. I  
think Ron has show more self confidence since becoming Prefect.  What  
makes him more inadequate than Dean Thomas, Neville, or Seamus?  
That's the whole list for that year and the prefect job is awarded to  
one of them.
>