[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron and Parseltongue

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 183307

As for Ron's recurring confidence problems, what is so amazing about
that? Anybody who's ever had confidence problems or any other kind of
emotional hangup could tell you that beating it once doesn't mean
it's gone forever.

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No. In fact, they're nearly garanteed to return again--stronger than they
were before, in fact.  That's the thing about emotional hangups. They like
to stick around.

Besdes all this, I don't know that Ron didn't play chess every day or every
week. Just because the text does not mention it, doesn't mean it isn't a
possibility the author considered or that I, as a reader, can consider.  If
so, I would come to the conclusion that Harry did not bathe, use the
restroom or sleep on a regular basis. None of which has ever entered my head
and all of which, if detailed would make for one of the most boring series
of fictional books ever written.

Lynda


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