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   On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:10:18 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
      
   > Wilford Dumont presented the following explanation :   
   >> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:58:01 -0400, VD wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Not as in "fat" although he does get there by the Epilogue ;)   
   >>>   
   >>> We have Harry as the Soul (transfiguring, transforming, changing,   
   >>> seeking, learning), Hermione as the Mind and now Ron as the slat of   
   >>> the Earth, the non-cosmic, regular guy; one of many in a family;   
   >>> Harry's sidekick and foil; a true follower.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm not going to go into detail, feel free to, regarding Ron's   
   >>> literary position among the trio because it all appears so   
   >>> obvious...to me at least.   
   >>>   
   >>> He's obtuse, lives within Harry's celebrity, and if not for the others   
   >>> complete inexperience with chess, he would have nothing to be puffy   
   >>> about.   
   >>>   
   >>> How could it be any other way? Ms. Rowling wants us to concentrate on   
   >>> Harry, the Soul, and his Seeker's journey and having competition from   
   >>> one of the Trio is not conducive to her  purposes.   
   >>>   
   >>> Which are to teach with a moral compass that points to selflessness,   
   >>> choices, responsibility for them and, ultimately, the results of being   
   >>> a successful, seeking journeyman.   
   >   
   >> Nothing to add. RW is what he is and there isn't much there after all.   
   >   
   > Ditto. I found Ron superficially necessary...and boring. ^^   
      
   I siriously disliked his character, not much of a fan of the Canon Ron   
   or Movie Ron. It wasn't until I took into account the "quarreling   
   couple" symbology and the Soul-Mind-Abdomen symbology did it make any   
   sense why he was portrayed the way he is.   
      
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