Harry's character development: Static or Dynamic? Was: Saving Private Draco

[sartoris22]

No: HPFGUIDX 183745

> Zara:
> PoA has one of his shining moments of courage, though.

> > PoA:
> > "No, Harry!" Hermione gasped in a petrified whisper; Ron,
> > however, spoke to Black.

> > "If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too!" he
> > said fiercely, though the effort of standing upright was
> > draining him of still more color, and he swayed slightly
> > as he spoke.

> > Something flickered in Black's shadowed eyes.

> > "Lie down," he said quietly to Ron. "You will damage that
> > leg even more."

> > "Did you hear me?" Ron said weakly, though he was clinging
> > painfully to Harry to stay upright. "You'll have to kill all
> > three of us!"

sartoris22:

My point exactly. Why would someone with kind of courage be so
insecure about playing quidditich, epecially after he's helped
his team win the cup? It isn't logical.


> Zara:
> I think he fears Hermione will not want him. In HBP he's
> still worked up about her relationship, such as it is,
> with Krum. And I don't find this entirely impossible to
> believe. I'm not suggesting he thinks she dislikes him
> - they, together with Harry, are best friends. I think
> he worries she is not interested "in that way". Isn't
> this the point of the scene with the locket Horcrux?

Sartoris22:

But Ron is trying to use the book the twins give him to
woo Hermione, so even if he is insecure about her feelings
for him, and I agree that he is, Ron is still trying to
have a relationship with her. Besides, if every guy let
his insecurities stop him from wooing a girl, there would
be far fewer relationships in the world. Many people fear
rejection, but they still, like Ron, follow their heart
anyway. I just doesn't seem that insecurity sufficiently
expalins why Ron hasn't approached Hermione before the
beginning of HBP.