Prefect Ron (was DD on the Dursleys).

[Len Jaffe]

No: HPFGUIDX 151374


> OctobersChild48 at aol.com wrote:
> But, since GoF, I have formed a totally negative 
> position towards Ron where Hermione is concerned. 
> It has nothing, however, to do with the above 
> mentioned things. It has to do with the fact that 
> he shows no care, concern or respect for Hermione 
> at all. I consider his treatment of her to be 
> abusive and chauvinistic. 

Len:
I consider it to be the actions of an early teenage
boy, without positive male role models most of the
time, with raging hormones, and no clue how to handle
a boy/girl trying, and line most of us, failing to
deal with attraction, jealousy, confusion, envy, lust,
rejection, betrayal, and a whole host of other adult
situations, for which he is unprepared emotionally.

Does that make him unworthy of redemption? No.  We
have no prison sentences for immaturity.

Harry's negative emotions are directed at Cedric, for
winning Cho's attention. He can't blame Cho, so he
wishes, in his immature way, for nesty things to happen
to Cedric.  Ron, feeling betrayed by Hermione, directs
his anger at her, because he cannot direct it at
Victor. Mostly becuase he can't even get Victor to
notice he exists.  It's Harry who gets the Prophet
write-up that prompts the conversation by the forest.

In summary. Ron's a boy, dealing with men's problems,
unprepared, and handling them about as well as can be
expected, and with uncanny accuracy as far as I'm
concerned.

Len.