Sunday, June 26, 2011

A Short Aside During Christmas

I'm taking a quick break on page 203 to write this post. Christmas has arrived at Hogwarts, and Harry just received his Christmas sweater from Ron's mother.

Of all the things to comment on at this point, all I want to say is: I love how Rowling wrote the Weasley family. They just have such an interesting chemistry with one another. They play off one another well, and each has a separate personality (which is a tough thing to do with so many members of the family). Percy is the respectable member of the bunch, Fred and George the troublemakers with good hearts, Ron the youngest, most cynical member. And because they grew up in such a large family, they have no problem pulling Harry into their group and making him feel like a part of it.

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