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| series = [[Harry Potter]]
| series = [[Harry Potter]]
| name = Ron Weasley
| name = Ron Weasley
| full_name = Ronald Bilius Weasley
| image = [[Image:Ron Weasley poster.jpg|200px]]
| caption = [[Rupert Grint]] as Ron Weasley<br/>in a publicity photo for ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''.
| image = Ron Weasley poster.jpg
| caption = Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley{{efn|Promotional image for ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2007)}}
| first = ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
| first = ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (1997)
| last = ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
| last = ''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]'' (2016)
| creator = [[J. K. Rowling]]
| creator = [[J. K. Rowling]]
| portrayer = [[Rupert Grint]]
| portrayer = [[Rupert Grint]]
| family = {{Plainlist|
| lbl1 = [[Hogwarts#Houses|House]]
* [[Arthur Weasley]] (father)
| data1 = [[Gryffindor]]
* [[Molly Weasley]] (mother)
| family = [[Molly Weasley]] (mother)<br>[[Arthur Weasley]] (father)<br>[[Bill Weasley]] (brother)<br>[[Charlie Weasley]] (brother)<br>[[Percy Weasley]] (brother)<br>[[Fred and George Weasley]] (brothers)<br>[[Ginny Weasley]] (sister)<br>[[Fleur Delacour]] (sister-in-law)
* [[Bill Weasley]] (brother)
* [[Charlie Weasley]] (brother)
* [[Percy Weasley]] (brother)
* [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred Weasley]] (brother)
* [[Fred and George Weasley|George Weasley]] (brother)
* [[Ginny Weasley]] (sister)
}}
}}
| nationality = British
'''Ronald Bilius''' "'''Ron'''" '''Weasley''' is a fictional character in [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a [[Harry Potter universe#Pure-blood|pure blood]] family, who reside in "[[Places in Harry Potter#The Burrow|The Burrow]]" outside Ottery St. Catchpole. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of the [[Gryffindor]] house. Ron is present in most of the action throughout the series.
| spouse = [[Hermione Granger]]

| children = [[Rose Granger-Weasley]] <br /> [[Hugo Granger-Weasley]]
==Character development==
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According to Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created "the very first day".<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/themes/ron.htm Conversations with JK Rowling, p.37-8]</ref> Ron is inspired by Rowling's best friend Sean Harris (to whom ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' is dedicated), but she has clearly stated that she "never set out to describe Sean in Ron, but Ron has a Sean-ish turn of phrase."<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2001/1201-bbc-hpandme.htm "Harry Potter and Me" (BBC Christmas Special, British version), ''BBC'', 28 December 2001]</ref> Like Harris is to Rowling, Ron is "always there" when Harry needs him. The character of Ron fits many of the stereotypes expected of the [[sidekick]]; he is often used as [[comic relief]], is loyal to the hero, and lacks much of the talent Harry possesses, at least in terms of magical power; however, he proves his bravery several times, such as playing 'real wizard's chess' in the first book, and entering into the [[Hogwarts#Forbidden Forest|Forbidden Forest]] with Harry during the second book despite his [[arachnophobia]].
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| data21 = [[Gryffindor]]
| lbl22 = Born
| data22 = 1 March 1980
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'''Ronald Bilius Weasley''' is a fictional character in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series of novels by [[J. K. Rowling]]. He is introduced in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' as a first-year student on his way to the wizarding school [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. During the school year, Ron befriends [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] and [[Hermione Granger]]. Being the only member of the trio who was raised in wizarding society, he provides insight into wizarding customs and traditions. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of [[Gryffindor]] House at [[Hogwarts]] and is present for most of the action throughout the series. Ron is portrayed by [[Rupert Grint]] in all eight [[Harry Potter films|''Harry Potter'' films]].


== Creation and development ==
Some of Ron's qualities serve as foils to Harry. While Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family; many of his possessions are [[used goods|hand-me-downs]]. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight; Ron, in comparison, is often perceived as a mere lackey and sometimes becomes jealous of the recognition Harry receives. Finally, Ron is the most mediocre of his siblings, being (as of the first book) neither an excellent [[Quidditch]] player, a noteworthy student, nor the daughter his mother always wanted. All these factors have combined to cause Ron serious insecurities; this inferiority complex, and his need to prove himself, is the main thrust of his character arc.
Ron was one of the first ''Harry Potter'' characters that Rowling created.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fraser |first=Lindsay |url=https://archive.org/details/conversationswit00fras/page/36/mode/2up |title=Conversations with J. K. Rowling |publisher=Scholastic |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-439-31455-8 |location=New York |page=37}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title="Harry Potter and Me" Christmas Special |date=28 December 2001 |type=Television production |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Although Ron and Hermione form a romantic bond in the series and eventually have children, Rowling confessed in a 2014 interview that she wrote the relationship as "a form of wish fulfilment". She said the characters are fundamentally incompatible in some ways, but that their relationship might function with "a bit of counselling".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Andrew |date=February 7, 2014 |title=J.K. Rowling and Emma Watson discuss Ron, Hermione, and Harry: The full interview |url=https://www.hypable.com/jk-rowling-ron-hermione-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706211101/https://www.hypable.com/jk-rowling-ron-hermione-interview/ |archive-date=6 July 2024 |website=Hypable}}</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
=== Novels ===


===''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''===
==== ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' ====
Ron is introduced in the first novel in the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (1997). He and his family encounter [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] at [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]] station and help him find the [[Hogwarts Express]]. Once aboard the train, Ron and Harry meet [[Hermione Granger]], whom they initially dislike. At [[Hogwarts]], all three students are assigned to [[Gryffindor]] House. After Ron and Harry save Hermione from a [[troll]], they develop a friendship with her.<ref>{{HPref|book=1|chapter=6}}</ref> When the trio seeks the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Philosopher's stone|Philosopher's Stone]], Ron uses his skill at [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Wizard's Chess|Wizard's Chess]] to allow Harry and Hermione to proceed safely through a dangerous, life-sized chess game.<ref>{{HPref|book=1|chapter=16}}</ref> At the last dinner of the school year, the Hogwarts headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore]] rewards Ron's chess skill by giving him fifty House points, which helps Gryffindor win the House Cup.<ref>{{HPref|book=1|chapter=17}}</ref>


==== ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' ====
Rowling first introduces Ron with his family in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] is lost at [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]] and the Weasleys guide him through the barrier of [[Platform 9¾]] into the wizarding world. Ron and Harry share a compartment on the [[Hogwarts#Hogwarts Express|Hogwarts Express]], and they begin their friendship: Ron fascinated with the famous Harry, and Harry fascinated with the ordinary Ron. It is here that they both meet [[Hermione Granger]] as well, whom they initially dislike but who later becomes their close friend after they save each other during a dangerous encounter with a mountain troll.{{PStone|ch=6}} Ron and Harry share the same classes throughout the series, and generally have similar academic successes and disappointments. Ron plays a vital part in the quest to save the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]. His strategy at [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Wizard's Chess|Wizard's Chess]] allows Hermione and Harry to proceed safely through a dangerous life-size, animated chess game. During the game, Ron allows his piece to be sacrificed and is subsequently knocked unconscious.{{PStone|ch=16}} At the Leaving Feast, the last dinner of the school year, [[Albus Dumbledore]], [[Hogwarts]]' Headmaster, awards Ron fifty House points to Gryffindor for "the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years." These last-minute points help support Gryffindor's win of the House Cup.{{PStone|ch=17}}
Ron returns in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' (1998). During the summer after his first year at Hogwarts, Ron writes to Harry several times. He receives no answer because his letters are intercepted by [[Dobby the house elf|Dobby]] the [[house-elf]]. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] fly to Harry's house in their father's [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia|enchanted car]]. Harry spends the next month at the [[Places in Harry Potter#The Burrow|Weasleys' home]]. When Harry and Ron are unable to board the train to Hogwarts, they take the flying car instead. Ron receives a [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Howler|Howler]] from his mother, who berates him for taking the car.


Later in the novel, Ron and Harry use [[Polyjuice Potion]] to disguise themselves as they infiltrate the Slytherin dormitory and attempt to gather information about the Chamber of Secrets. During a journey into the [[Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter)|Forbidden Forest]], Ron is forced to encounter his worst nightmare: spiders. The giant arachnids nearly devour Ron and Harry, but the enchanted car rescues them. Ron and Harry then enter the Chamber to save Ron's sister [[Ginny Weasley|Ginny]], who was kidnapped. After Harry rescues her, both boys are given awards for their service to Hogwarts.
===''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''===
The second instalment, ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' (1998), takes place the year following the events of the ''Philosopher's Stone''.
During the summer, Ron attempts to write to Harry several times. He receives no reply because [[Dobby the house elf]] is stopping Harry's wizard mail. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers [[Dumbledore's Army#Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] fly their father's [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Arthur Weasley's Ford Anglia|enchanted Ford Anglia]] car to Harry's home at his [[Dursley family|aunt and uncle's]] house. Harry spends the next month at the Weasleys' home, [[Places in Harry Potter#The Burrow|The Burrow]]. While attempting to depart from King's Cross station, Harry and Ron find themselves unable to enter the barrier to access Platform 9¾. With Harry, Ron conceives the idea of taking the flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. The plan is successful, but the Anglia loses power at the end of the journey and crashes into the Whomping Willow. Ron and Harry survive the impact, but the car drives itself off into the [[Hogwarts#Forbidden_Forest|Forbidden Forest]], a forest at the edge of the Hogwarts grounds in which student access is prohibited. Ron receives a [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Howler|Howler]] from his mother, berating him for taking the car.


==== ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' ====
Later in the novel, Ron and Harry transform themselves using Polyjuice Potion to resemble [[Draco Malfoy]]'s close associates [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Crabbe and Goyle|Crabbe and Goyle]], so that they can spy on him, and find out what he knows about the Chamber of Secrets. During the hunt to find the Heir of Slytherin, Ron is responsible for providing the first clue to the identity of [[Lord Voldemort|Tom Marvolo Riddle]], recalling that he saw the name "T.&nbsp;M. Riddle" on a trophy inscribed "For Special Services to the School". Later Ron is forced to come face-to-face with his worst nightmare, spiders, in the Forbidden Forest, where the two have ventured at Hagrid's suggestion. Giant spiders nearly devour the two of them, but the Weasley Ford Anglia returns from the Forbidden Forest and rescues the pair. Ron and Harry then discover the entrance into the Chamber, and enter it in the hopes of saving [[Dumbledore's Army#Ginny Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], Ron's sister, who had been kidnapped and kept in the Chamber. Due to an accident with Ron's wand, the Chamber Entrance's ceiling collapses, trapping Ron on one side and Harry on the other. Harry goes on to rescue Ginny and save the day. Ron and Harry are given Special Awards for Services to the School for this, and he receives two hundred points, along with Harry for their success in the Chamber of Secrets.
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (1999), Ron's pet rat Scabbers goes missing.<ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=11}}</ref><ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=12}}</ref> Ron, Harry and Hermione eventually discover him hiding in [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]'s hut.<ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=15}}</ref> When Scabbers runs off again, Ron chases him to the Whomping Willow, where he is snatched by a large black dog and dragged into a tunnel.<ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=16}}</ref><ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=17}}</ref> Ron and his friends follow the tunnel to the Shrieking Shack. The dog turns out to be [[Sirius Black]], who explains that Scabbers is actually the Death Eater [[Peter Pettigrew]].<ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=16}}</ref> As Ron returns to Hogwarts with Harry, Hermione, Sirius and [[Remus Lupin]], Pettigrew knocks Ron unconscious and escapes.<ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=18}}</ref><ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=19}}</ref><ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=20}}</ref> Ron is forced to remain in the hospital wing of Hogwarts while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to rescue Sirius and the hippogriff Buckbeak.<ref>{{HPref|book=3|chapter=21}}</ref>


===''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''===
==== ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' ====
The Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the [[Quidditch#Quidditch in the films and video games|Quidditch World Cup]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2000). Ron is in awe when he sees his favourite Quidditch player, [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Viktor Krum|Viktor Krum]].<ref>{{HPref|book=4|chapter=7}}</ref><ref>{{HPref|book=4|chapter=8}}</ref> He is even more excited when Krum comes to Hogwarts to participate in the [[Triwizard Tournament]].<ref>{{HPref|book=4|chapter=12}}</ref> At Christmas time, Ron attends the Yule Ball with [[Padma Patil]]. He becomes very upset when he sees that Hermione's date to the Ball is Krum, and the two have a heated argument.<ref>{{HPref|book=4|chapter=23}}</ref> In the second task of the Tournament, Harry must rescue Ron from the depths of the Hogwarts lake.<ref>{{HPref|book=4|chapter=26}}</ref>
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (1999), Ron's role is minor compared to that in ''Chamber of Secrets'', and Hermione's role, which was more sidelined in ''Chamber of Secrets'', is larger.


==== ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' ====
When Ron's rat, Scabbers, already seen in ''Philosopher's Stone'', goes missing, he blames Hermione's new cat [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Crookshanks|Crookshanks]], and the two have a falling out.{{PoA|ch=11}}{{PoA|ch=12}} They eventually make up when Hermione has a nervous breakdown brought by taking too many classes and distress at the fate of the [[hippogriff]] Buckbeak. The animal, owned by Hagrid, has been put on trial for injuring Draco Malfoy and risks execution. Ron offers to help with the preparation of [[Buckbeak]]'s defence, but this fails to help. Harry, Ron and Hermione go to see Hagrid on the execution day where they discover Scabbers hiding out in Hagrid's hut.{{PoA|ch=15}} As they leave, Scabbers struggles free of Ron and runs away. He chases Scabbers to the Whomping Willow where he is grabbed by a large black dog and dragged into a tunnel hidden below the tree.{{PoA|ch=16}}{{PoA|ch=17}}
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2003), Ron is made a Gryffindor prefect.<ref>{{HPref|book=5|chapter=9}}</ref> His brother Percy congratulates him and advises him to become an ally of [[Dolores Umbridge]], the new [[Subjects at Hogwarts#Defence Against the Dark Arts|Defence Against the Dark Arts]] professor appointed by the Ministry of Magic.<ref>{{HPref|book=5|chapter=14}}</ref> Ron, however, does not support Umbridge's policy of refusing to teach students practical defensive magic. He, Harry and Hermione form the group Dumebledore's Army, which provides a venue for students to practise defensive spellcasting.<ref>{{HPref|book=5|chapter=15}}</ref> Ron also joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team as [[Quidditch#Game progression|Keeper]] and helps Gryffindor win the Quidditch Cup. Near the end of the novel, Ron battles [[Death Eater|Death Eaters]] at the [[Ministry of Magic#Department of Mysteries|Department of Mysteries]] alongside Harry, Hermione, [[Ginny Weasley|Ginny]], [[Neville Longbottom]] and [[Luna Lovegood]]. He is injured during the fight, but makes a full recovery.


==== ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' ====
Harry and Hermione follow the tunnel, which leads to the Shrieking Shack. The dog is actually the animal form of [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)#Sirius Black|Sirius Black]] (an [[Magic in Harry Potter#Animagi transformation|Animagus]]), Harry's godfather and an escaped convict from the wizard prison [[Places in Harry Potter#Azkaban|Azkaban]]. The school's [[Subjects at Hogwarts#Defence Against the Dark Arts|Defence Against the Dark Arts]] professor [[Order_of_the_Phoenix_(organisation)#Remus_Lupin|Remus Lupin]] arrives just after Harry and Hermione. Along with Black, Lupin casts a spell on Scabbers, who also turns out to be an [[Magic in Harry Potter#Animagi transformation|Animagus]] by the name of [[Death Eater#Peter Pettigrew|Peter Pettigrew]]. Pettigrew was Black's, Lupin's, and James Potter's school friend, thought to have been murdered by Black.{{PoA|ch=16}}{{PoA|ch=16}} Pettigrew, who had lived as a rat ever since faking his death, denies everything, but Sirius and Lupin piece together that he has been a servant of Voldemort, and it was he who divulged the secret whereabouts of Harry's parents, leading to their murder. Initially, Ron does not believe Sirius and refuses to turn over Scabbers to him, but he is disgusted when he learns his rat's identity. Pettigrew escapes when the main characters lead him out of the Whomping Willow.{{PoA|ch=18}}{{PoA|ch=19}}{{PoA|ch=20}} Ron, knocked out by a spell from Pettigrew, is taken to the hospital wing, and is forced to remain there while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius and Buckbeak.{{PoA|ch=21}} At the end of the novel, Sirius sends Ron an excitable little owl whom Ginny names [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#The Weasleys|Pigwidgeon]], but whom Ron refers to as "Pig".{{PoA|ch=22}}
Ron returns as Quidditch Keeper in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' (2005).<ref>{{HPref|book=6|chapter=11}}</ref> However, he performs poorly at Quidditch after learning that Hermione may have kissed Krum. He becomes upset when he observes his younger sister Ginny kissing a boy, and Ginny reacts by pointing out that Ron has never been kissed. To bolster Ron's confidence for an upcoming Quidditch match, Harry pretends to give him a [[Felix Felicis|luck potion]]. Believing he has actually taken the potion, Ron performs well and Gryffindor wins the match.<ref>{{HPref|book=6|chapter=14}}</ref> During the ensuing celebration, Ron kisses [[Lavender Brown]]. Hermione becomes jealous and begins to ignore Ron, who gradually becomes dissatisfied with his relationship with Lavender.<ref>{{HPref|book=6|chapter=17}}</ref>


In March, Ron eats chocolates containing a love potion. [[Horace Slughorn]] administers an antidote, then kindly offers Ron some mead. Unbeknownst to Slughorn, the mead is poisoned; Harry saves Ron's life by forcing a [[bezoar]] down his throat. Ron is taken to the hospital wing, where he is visited by a panic-stricken Hermione. After recovering, Ron reconciles with Hermione and breaks up with Lavender. Later in the novel, Death Eaters enter Hogwarts. Ron, Hermione, Ginny and other students and staff fight them. Snape kills Dumbledore during the battle, after which Ron and Hermione vow to help Harry find and destroy Voldemort's [[Horcruxes]].<ref>{{HPref|book=6|chapter=30}}</ref> Rowling said that before this novel, Ron is "quite immature". She said the events of ''Half-Blood Prince'' help the character to "grow up emotionally" and "make himself worthy of Hermione".<ref>{{cite news |date=28 July 2007 |title=The Leaky Cauldron and MN Interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling – Part 2 |url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/07/28/jkrhbp2/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |publisher=[[The Leaky Cauldron (website)|The Leaky Cauldron]]}}</ref>
===''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''===
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2000), the Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the [[Quidditch#Quidditch in the films and video_games|Quidditch World Cup]]. Ron is in awe of his favourite [[Quidditch]] champion, [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Viktor Krum|Viktor Krum]].{{GoF|ch=7}}{{GoF|ch=8}} Ron is even more excited when Krum, still a student at the [[Places in Harry Potter#Durmstrang|Durmstrang]] wizarding school, comes to Hogwarts to take part in the [[Triwizard Tournament]], a magical wizarding tournament opposing the top three magic schools in Europe.{{GoF|ch=12}} However, when Harry, underage, mysteriously becomes the fourth Tournament champion, Ron joins the dissenters who think Harry somehow cheated his way into the tournament and feels let down; according to Hermione, this stems from Ron's latent feelings of being left out of the spotlight shared by Harry or his brothers. The rift is serious enough that the friends fail to make up for nearly a month.{{GoF|ch=17}} They only reconcile shortly after Harry successfully gets by a fire-breathing dragon in the first task; Ron realises how dangerous the Tournament is and finally believes that Harry did not enter himself.


==== ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' ====
At Christmas time, as per Triwizard Tournament tradition, Hogwarts hosts a Yule Ball. Ron and Harry panic at the prospect of having to secure dates for the event, and Ron appalls Hermione with his immature approach, particularly for failing to extend her an invitation, apparently failing until the last minute to even realise she is a girl. At the last minute, Harry saves the day by getting [[Dumbledore's Army#Padma Patil|Parvati Patil]] and her sister [[Dumbledore's Army#Padma_Patil|Padma]] to agree to come with the duo, although Padma seems less than pleased at Ron's surly attitude and shabby dress. Ron becomes overcome with jealousy when he sees Hermione with her date: his former idol Viktor Krum. When Hermione comes over to Ron and Harry for a friendly chat, Ron loses control and accuses her of "fraternising with the enemy" and giving away Harry's Triwizard secrets. At the evening's end, the two have a heated row, in which Hermione tells Ron he should have asked her before Krum, rather than simply hoping to secure her by default.{{GoF|ch=23}} Ron completely fails to get the hint and remains either in denial or oblivious to the pair's increasingly obvious feelings for each other. Ron's jealousy over Krum is mirrored by Hermione's dislike of [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)#Fleur Delacour|Fleur Delacour]] (of the [[Places in Harry Potter#Beauxbatons|Beauxbatons]] Academy and a Triwizard competitor), on whom Ron has an obvious crush.{{GoF|ch=22}}
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' (2007), Ron and his friends use Polyjuice Potion to impersonate employees of the Ministry of Magic. They then infiltrate the Ministry and retrieve a Horcrux in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. Fearing the locket containing the Horcrux might be lost or stolen, Harry requests that someone wear it at all times. Wearing the locket has a profound effect on Ron, who lashes out at Harry and Hermione and abandons them. Ron immediately regrets his decision to leave, but is captured by Snatchers and cannot return. Eventually he reunites with his companions with the help of the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Deluminator (Put-Outer)|Deluminator]] he inherited from Dumbledore. He finds Harry attempting to recover the [[Godric Gryffindor's sword|Sword of Gryffindor]] from an icy pool and rescues him from drowning. Harry forgives Ron for leaving and insists that he use the sword to destroy the locket.


The trio are captured by Snatchers but are rescued by the house-elf Dobby, who dies during the escape. Eventually, the trio returns to Hogwarts, hoping to find the last unknown Horcrux shown in Harry's vision. Having lost the Sword of Gryffindor to [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Griphook|Griphook]] the goblin, Ron gets an idea to procure more [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Basilisk|Basilisk]] fangs and manages to speak enough Parseltongue to open the [[Hogwarts#Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]], where Hermione destroys the Horcrux in Helga Hufflepuff's cup. He begins to worry about the fate of Hogwarts' elves. Upon hearing this, Hermione drops the basilisk fangs she was carrying and kisses him for the first time. He also takes part in the Battle of Hogwarts, witnessing the death of his brother Fred, and teams up with Neville to defeat [[Death Eater#Fenrir Greyback|Fenrir Greyback]].
In the Second Task of the Tournament, Ron is the person selected for Harry to rescue from the depths of the Hogwarts Lake, as he is the one whom Harry would most miss. Harry successfully saves him and Ron mocks him gently for thinking that the hostages for the task were in actual danger.{{GoF|ch=26}}


In the epilogue of ''Deathly Hallows'', which is set nineteen years after Voldemort's death, Ron and Hermione are sending their daughter [[Rose Granger-Weasley]] off to her first year at Hogwarts. They also have a younger son named [[Hugo Granger-Weasley|Hugo]].<ref name=":0">{{HPref|book=7|chapter=37}}</ref> In interviews following the release of the novel, Rowling gave differing accounts of Ron's life after the events of the series. On one occasion she said Ron and Harry work for the Ministry of Magic as Aurors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Toler |first=Lindsay |date=5 August 2007 |title='Harry Potter' author ties up loose ends |url=http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0805afterlife0805.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112004053/http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0805afterlife0805.html |archive-date=12 January 2015 |access-date=8 January 2015 |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |location=London |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> In a later interview, she said that Ron works at the joke shop [[Places in Harry Potter#Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] with his brother [[Fred and George Weasley|George]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Jen |date=26 July 2007 |title=Finished 'Potter'? Rowling tells what happens next |url=http://www.today.com/id/19959323/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231214446/http://www.today.com/id/19959323 |archive-date=31 December 2014 |access-date=8 January 2015 |newspaper=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]}}</ref>
===''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''===
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2003), Ron is appointed a Gryffindor prefect, much to the surprise of himself and everyone else, especially Hermione, the other new prefect.{{OotP|ch=9}} His brother, Percy, now distant and disconnected from the family, sends Ron an owl congratulating him and advising him to "sever ties" with Harry and side himself instead with [[Ministry of Magic#Dolores Umbridge|Professor Umbridge]], the abominable new [[Subjects at Hogwarts#Defence Against the Dark Arts|Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher at Hogwarts; the letter angers Ron.{{OotP|ch=14}} Ron explicitly shows his support and loyalty for Harry when his classmates imply Harry is lying about the return of Voldemort, sometimes using his power as prefect to threaten them into silence.{{OotP|ch=15}} Though they spend their usual amount of time bickering, Ron and Hermione present a united front endorsing Harry. Ron supports Hermione's suggestion of Harry teaching students practical Defence Against the Dark Arts, which Umbridge, using the [[Ministry of Magic]] to slowly take over the Dumbledore-run school, has all but banned. He co-founds the secret students' group called [[Dumbledore's Army]].{{OotP|ch=15}} He also joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team, but his nerves and confidence issues often get the better of him during practices and matches, causing the Slytherins to make up a song about how Ron will make sure Slytherin win the interhouse Quidditch Cup. However, during the last match, Ron plays better and wins the game and the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor. At the climax of the novel, Ron battles the Death Eaters alongside Harry, Hermione, Ginny, [[Dumbledore's Army#Neville Longbottom|Neville Longbottom]] and [[Dumbledore's Army#Luna Lovegood|Luna Lovegood]] at the [[Ministry of Magic#Department of Mysteries|Department of Mysteries]]. He is injured in the fight, but makes a full recovery by the end of the novel.


===''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''===
=== ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' ===
''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]'' is a play written by [[Jack Thorne]] from an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and [[John Tiffany]]. The plot occurs nineteen years after the events of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. In the play, Ron and Hermione send their daughter Rose on the train to Hogwarts. Hermione is now the [[Ministry of Magic|Minister for Magic]], while Ron manages Weasley's Wizard Wheezes with his brother George. In the second act, Harry's son [[Albus-Severus|Albus Severus]] and Draco Malfoy's son [[Scorpius Malfoy|Scorpius]] travel through time, and their actions change Ron and Hermione's relationship during their time at Hogwarts. Ron falls in love with [[Padma Patil]] at the Yule Ball, with the result that Ron and Hermione never marry. However, this alternate timeline is eventually erased, and the original timeline is restored.
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' (2005) Ron, who has grown taller over the summer, attracts the attention of [[Dumbledore's Army#Lavender Brown|Lavender Brown]]. Harry, the new Quidditch Captain, picks Ron to continue as Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, over competing candidate [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Cormac McLaggen|Cormac McLaggen]] who is equally-skilled but has difficulty with teamwork and following orders.{{HBP|ch=11}} Upon learning Hermione most likely had kissed Viktor Krum, Ron performs increasingly badly at Quidditch, and thrown off by jealousy of his former idol, becomes unkind to Hermione. His low self-esteem is not helped much by his younger sister, [[Dumbledore's Army#Ginny Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], who after Ron reacts badly to finding her kissing her boyfriend, throws in the fact that of those in the group, Ron is the only one who has never had his first kiss. To bolster Ron's confidence, Harry pretends to give him [[Potions in Harry Potter#Felix Felicis|Felix Felicis]], a potion which makes the drinker lucky; [[placebo effect|believing he has actually taken it]], Ron performs admirably and Gryffindor wins the match. However, this leads to a major row between Ron and Hermione: Hermione accuses Harry of helping Ron cheat, while Ron berates Hermione for having no faith in his abilities.{{HBP|ch=14}} At a post-game celebration, Ron kisses Lavender (though Ginny describes it as "eating her face"). Hermione, jealous and seeking retaliation, takes Cormac McLaggen as her date to new Potions professor [[Hogwarts staff#Horace Slughorn|Horace Slughorn]]'s Christmas party, but he proves to be an egomaniac.{{HBP|ch=15}} After Christmas, Hermione continues to ignore Ron, stopping only to give him disdainful looks and occasional snide remarks. By now, Ron is visibly discontent with his relationship with Lavender.{{HBP|ch=17}}


In 2016, [[Paul Thornley (actor)|Paul Thornley]] portrayed Ron Weasley in the stage debut of the play at the Palace Theatre in London. For his performance, Thornley was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play at the 2017 [[WhatsOnStage Awards]]. Thornley reprised the role in 2018 at the Lyric Theater on Broadway.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
On his birthday in March, Ron accidentally eats [[Amortentia]]-infused Chocolate Cauldrons (actually meant for Harry). After being cured by Slughorn, he then consumes poisoned [[mead]] (which [[Draco Malfoy]] actually intended for Dumbledore). Harry saves his life by forcing a [[bezoar]], a poison antidote, into his mouth, and Ron is transferred to the hospital wing. A panic-stricken Hermione arrives, forgetting her past anger. While sitting by his bed, Hermione, Harry, Ginny and the twins hear Ron mutter Hermione's name in his delirium, although they do not hear what he is saying and ignore it. Conversely, Ron feigns sleep when Lavender visits him. Upon recovering, Ron and Hermione reconcile,{{HBP|ch=18}}{{HBP|ch=19}}{{HBP|ch=20}} and a little while later, Ron and Lavender break up. Rowling in an interview said that she "really enjoyed writing the Ron/Lavender business, and the reason that was enjoyable was Ron up to this point has been quite immature compared to the other two, and he kind of needed to make himself worthy of Hermione....he had to grow up emotionally and now he's taken a big step up."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-2.htm|accessdate=27 August 2008|title=Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Two," |work=The Leaky Cauldron, |date=16 July 2005}}</ref>


== Portrayal in films ==
Initially, Ron does not support Harry's belief that Draco Malfoy is a [[Death Eater]], a follower of Voldemort, but is later convinced. Before leaving Hogwarts with Dumbledore to recover a [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Horcruxes|Horcrux]] Harry arranges for Ron, Hermione, and Ginny—together with any of Dumbledore's Army they can summon—to keep a close watch on Malfoy and Snape. Harry also provides them with the remains of his vial of [[Potions in Harry Potter#Felix Felicis|Felix Felicis]], to aid them in the effort.{{HBP|ch=25}} Despite the D.A.'s watch, Malfoy provides the Death Eaters entrance into Hogwarts, and a battle ensues. Thanks to Felix Felicis, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are unharmed by the Death Eater's hexes during the battle.{{HBP|ch=29}} Snape kills Dumbledore during the battle when Malfoy proves that he is unable to.{{HBP|ch=27}} During his funeral, Ron comforts a weeping Hermione. Ron and Hermione vow to help Harry find and destroy the Horcruxes and kill Voldemort, even if it means leaving Hogwarts.{{HBP|ch=30}}
[[Rupert Grint]] portrays Ron Weasley in all eight [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]]. He auditioned after seeing a segment on the children's news programme, ''[[Newsround]]'', inviting children to apply for the role. Grint sent in a photo, a self-written script and a rap explaining his suitability for the part.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 July 2015 |title=Harry Potter: Rupert Grint attended Potter auditions after watching Newsround |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33575294 |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=Newsround}}</ref> Rowling was supportive of the casting, calling Grint perfect for the role.<ref>A Conversation Between J.K. Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling, YouTube, 22 Sept. 2013, 12:00, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BdVHWz1DPU&t=4s.</ref> Grint's performance in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' earned him the [[Satellite Award for Outstanding New Talent]] and the [[23rd Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Award]] for Most Promising Young Newcomer.<ref>{{cite web |title=International Press Academy Satellite Awards |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510100312/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |archive-date=10 May 2011 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=International Press Academy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rutherford |first=Cameron |date=2023-01-14 |title=The Herts school Rupert Grint attended before finding fame at Hogwarts |url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/whats-on/hertfordshire-school-rupert-grint-went-8026031 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Herts Live |language=en}}</ref> In a 2020 article, Nathan Sharp of ''Screen Rant'' described him as the most "natural" child actor in the early films, and "excellent from minute one".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Nathan |date=27 November 2020 |title=Harry Potter: Every Performance from the Kid Actors, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-kid-actors-performances-ranked-daniel-radcliffe-rupert-grint/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Grint commented on playing Ron in the series: "The line between Ron Weasley and me got thinner with each film".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Nick |date=2018-12-01 |title=Rupert Grint: ‘The line between Ron Weasley and me got thinner with each film’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/01/rupert-grint-harry-potter-the-line-between-ron-weasley-and-me-was-thinner-with-each-film |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Attention is drawn several times to Ron's deepening relationships to Harry and Hermione, with unresolved [[Sexual tension|romantic tension]] with Hermione being one of the main subplots of the novel (and indeed, the entire series). Furthermore, Harry and Ron's friendship has strengthened to the point where Harry can tell Ron that his Quidditch performance is endangering his membership on the team without either character taking it personally.

===''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''===
Ron agrees to go with Harry and Hermione on the quest to destroy all of Voldemort's [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Horcruxes|Horcruxes]]. Worried that the Ministry, now taken over by Voldemort, will learn he is with Potter on a quest, Ron dresses the family ghoul up in pyjamas and spreads the story he is ill with "spattergroit", a type of highly contagious magical illness. Ron disguises himself as Reginald Cattermole as the trio attempts to find the locket Horcrux in the possession of Dolores Umbridge.

Harry decides he wants someone to wear the Horcrux at all time, fearing it might be lost or stolen. This has a much more profound effect on Ron than it seems to have on Hermione or Harry. Ron ends up lashing out in frustration at the lack of comforts and a concrete plan, eventually leaving his friends behind. Distressed over his absence, Harry and Hermione do not even mention his name during the time that he is gone. However, when they finally mention his name, Ron, who had immediately regretted his decision to leave but was captured by Snatchers and then could not return due to Hermione's anti-Death Eater enchantments, was led to Harry's location by unknown magic within the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Deluminator (Put-Outer)|Deluminator]] he inherited from Dumbledore. Ron dramatically returns by saving Harry from drowning when Harry is attempting to recover [[Godric Gryffindor's sword]] from an icy pool. Harry, a sudden believer in the fate created by his return, immediately forgives Ron and insists it must be Ron who uses the sword to destroy Slytherin's locket. However, the portion of Voldemort's soul inside it plays on Ron's insecurities by revealing that he thinks he is "least loved by a mother who craved a daughter", then by showing him a Harry who tells him that he was happier without him and a Hermione that does not return his affections and is involved instead with Harry. Ron summons his courage and finally breaks through the spell, destroying the locket, but is visibly shaken until Harry tells him that he thinks of Hermione as a sister and a friend, nothing more.

The trio are eventually captured by Snatchers, and [[Death Eater#Bellatrix Lestrange|Bellatrix Lestrange]] tortures Hermione with the [[List of spells in Harry Potter#Crucio (Cruciatus Curse)|Cruciatus Curse]] for information. This sends Ron into a panic, and he continually screams and fights with all his effort to save her, despite Harry's instruction that he calm down and think of a better plan. The trio and some other prisoners are rescued by Dobby, but the house-elf is killed by Bellatrix during the escape. Eventually, the trio returns to Hogwarts, hoping to find the last unknown Horcrux shown in Harry's vision. Having lost the Sword of Gryffindor to [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Griphook|Griphook]] the goblin, Ron gets an idea to procure more [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Basilisk|Basilisk]] fangs and manages to speak enough Parseltongue to open the [[Hogwarts#Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]], where Hermione destroys the Horcrux in Helga Hufflepuff's cup. He begins to worry about the fate of Hogwarts' elves. Upon hearing this, Hermione drops the basilisk fangs she was carrying and kisses him for the first time. He also takes part in the Battle of Hogwarts, witnessing the death of his brother Fred, and teams up with Neville to defeat [[Death Eater#Fenrir Greyback|Fenrir Greyback]].

====Epilogue====
Nineteen years after Voldemort's downfall, Ron and Hermione have two children: [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Rose Weasley|Rose Weasley]], whom they are sending off to her first year at Hogwarts, and a younger son named [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Hugo Weasley|Hugo Weasley]].{{DH|ch=37}} Though the epilogue does not explicitly say Ron and Hermione are married,{{DH|ch=37}} news articles and other sources treat it as a fact.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Jen |date=26 July 2007 |title=Finished 'Potter'? Rowling tells what happens next |url=http://www.today.com/id/19959323/ |newspaper=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Toler |first=Lindsay |date=5 August 2007 |title='Harry Potter' author ties up loose ends |url=http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0805afterlife0805.html |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |location=London |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/ron.html |title=Ronald "Ron" Weasley |website=[[The Harry Potter Lexicon]] |accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> Ron has also passed his Muggle driving test, despite Hermione's apparent belief that he could not do so without Confunding the examiner. However, Ron secretly reveals to Harry he actually did Confund the examiner. He and Harry work for the Ministry of Magic as Aurors, and along with Hermione they have helped to revamp the Ministry; it is far different from the one that existed before.<ref>[http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/ "JK Rowling's Interview with Meredith Vieira"], 26 July 2007 'Todayshow.com' Retrieved on 26 July 2007</ref> Before becoming an Auror, Ron joins [[Dumbledore's Army#Fred and George Weasley|George]] at [[Places in Harry Potter#Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]], which becomes a very lucrative business.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1|date=31 July 2007|accessdate=31 July 2007|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|title=Online Chat Transcript|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071012230751/http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1|archivedate=12 October 2007}}</ref>


==Characterisation==
==Characterisation==


===Outward appearance===
===Outward appearance===
Rowling introduces Ron as "tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose."{{PStone|ch=6}} Ron has the trademark red hair of the Weasleys and is indeed one of Harry's tallest schoolmates, even outgrowing some of his older brothers. Rowling states in the novels that Ron has freckles, though Rupert Grint, the actor who plays Ron, has none. Rowling has also stated that Ron has blue eyes.
In the first novel, Ron is described as "tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose".<ref>{{HPref|book=1|chapter=6}}</ref> He has the trademark red hair of the Weasleys, and is one of Harry's tallest schoolmates, even outgrowing some of his older brothers. Rowling has stated that Ron has blue eyes.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


===Personality===
===Personality===
Rowling in an interview described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature, "There's a lot of immaturity about Ron, and that's where a lot of the humor comes from."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aM7.gGQAM7Bw|title=Rowling Reveals `Marriage' to Harry Potter at Reading (Correct) | work=Bloomberg | date=22 October 2007}}</ref> As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, [[Alfonso Cuarón]], who directed the third film in the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Prizoner of Azkaban]]'', assigned them to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character's emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint's essay, Cuarón recalls, "Rupert didn't deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn't do it, he said, 'I'm Ron; Ron wouldn't do it.' So I said, 'Okay, you do understand your character.'"<ref>McCabe, Bob. ''Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey''. 2011. Harper Design. Page 102.</ref> Commenting on Ron's character development in the final book, Rowling explained that "Ron is the most immature of the three main characters, but in part seven he grows up. He was never strong footed, people see him mostly as Harry's friend; his mother had actually wanted a girl and in the last book he finally has to acknowledge his weaknesses. But it's exactly that which makes Ron a man."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/11/19/new-interview-with-j-k-rowling-for-release-of-dutch-edition-of-deathly-hallows|accessdate=27 August 2008|title=Interview with J.K. Rowling for Release of Dutch Edition of "Deathly Hallows"}}</ref>
Ron is known for his humour, loyalty, readiness to defend his friends and his love of food. In an interview, Rowling described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aM7.gGQAM7Bw|title=Rowling Reveals 'Marriage' to Harry Potter at Reading (Correct)|work=Bloomberg|date=22 October 2007|access-date=11 March 2017|archive-date=15 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215153300/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aM7.gGQAM7Bw|url-status=dead}}</ref> As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, [[Alfonso Cuarón]], who directed the third film in the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', assigned them to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character's emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint's essay, Cuarón recalls, "Rupert didn't deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn't do it, he said, 'I'm Ron; Ron wouldn't do it.' So I said, 'Okay, you do understand your character.'"<ref>McCabe, Bob. ''Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey''. 2011. Harper Design. Page 102.</ref> Commenting on Ron's character development in the final book, Rowling explained that "Ron is the most immature of the three main characters, but in part seven he grows up. He was never strong footed, people see him mostly as Harry's friend; his mother had actually wanted a girl and in the last book he finally has to acknowledge his weaknesses. But it's exactly that which makes Ron a man."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/11/19/new-interview-with-j-k-rowling-for-release-of-dutch-edition-of-deathly-hallows|access-date=27 August 2008|title=Interview with J.K. Rowling for Release of Dutch Edition of "Deathly Hallows"}}</ref>


Ron proves his bravery and magical ability several times, such as by playing 'real wizard's chess' in the first book, entering into the [[Hogwarts#Forbidden Forest|Forbidden Forest]] with Harry during the second book despite his [[arachnophobia]], producing a full-corporeal Patronus Charm in the fifth book and even, in the seventh book, getting basilisk fangs from the Chamber of Secrets by mimicking Parseltongue without understanding it.
===Magical abilities and skills===
Ron is given [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)#Charlie Weasley|Charlie Weasley]]'s old, chipped wand, which is made out of [[ash tree|ash]] and has a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He holds the wand together with [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Spellotape|Spellotape]] after nearly breaking it in half at the start of ''Chamber of Secrets'', but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end. Ron's new wand is fourteen inches, [[willow]] and [[unicorn]] hair, which he procures before the start of his third year at Hogwarts. He also shows signs of exceptional tactical ability, as evidenced by his skill at Wizard's Chess (which is played exactly like normal chess but with living pieces). Ron's talents are rarely shown, but he, like the other DA members, survives a violent encounter with adult Death Eaters in ''Order of the Phoenix'', and it is implied that during the Death Eater assault in ''Half-Blood Prince'' he held his own quite well because he was being helped by Felix Felicis, the good luck potion. In ''Deathly Hallows'', Ron loses his original wand, and takes Peter Pettigrew's wand for his own. Following this, Ron begins to demonstrate more aptitude and general knowledge, along with a sudden spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression.


Some of Ron's qualities serve as foils to Harry's. Whereas Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family. Many of his possessions are [[used goods|hand-me-downs]]. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight; Ron, in comparison, is often perceived as a mere lackey and sometimes becomes jealous of the recognition Harry receives. Overshadowed by his many siblings and the fame and achievements of his friends, Ron's [[inferiority complex]] and need to prove himself are the main thrusts of his character arc. As the books progress, he matures from an insecure boy to a competent young man capable of strategy and leadership.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Rowling has stated that Ron's [[List of spells in Harry Potter#Expecto Patronum (Patronus Charm)|Patronus Charm]] takes the form of a [[Jack Russell Terrier]], "a really sentimental choice" as Rowling herself owns a Jack Russell.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Three," ''The Leaky Cauldron'', 16 July 2005]</ref>


===Magical abilities and skills===
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Ron is given his brother [[Charlie Weasley|Charlie]]'s old, chipped wand, which is made out of [[ash tree|ash]] and has a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He holds the wand together with [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Spellotape|Spellotape]] after nearly breaking it in half at the start of ''Chamber of Secrets'', but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end. Ron's new wand is fourteen inches, [[willow]] and [[unicorn]] hair, which he procures before the start of his third year at Hogwarts. Ron's talents are rarely shown, but he, like the other DA members, survives a violent encounter with adult Death Eaters in ''Order of the Phoenix'', and it is implied that during the Death Eater assault in ''Half-Blood Prince'' he held his own quite well because he was being helped by Felix Felicis, the good luck potion. In ''Deathly Hallows'', Ron loses his original wand, and takes Peter Pettigrew's wand for his own. Following this, Ron begins to demonstrate more aptitude and general knowledge, along with a sudden spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression.
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[[Image:Weasleys.jpg|thumb|250 px|The Weasley family as shown in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', for left to right: Fred or George, Ron, Charlie, Molly, Arthur, Ginny, Bill, Percy, and George or Fred.]]
Ron was born into the '''Weasley family''' on 1 March 1980,<ref>[http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrcom/birthdayarchive.shtml "JKRowling.com Archives: Birthdays"] from [[MuggleNet]]</ref>{{HBP|ch=18}} the sixth of their seven children, and the youngest son. His middle name, Bilius, is the same as that of a deceased uncle. Ron grew up in the family home, [[Places in Harry Potter#The Burrow|The Burrow]], near the village of Ottery St Catchpole in [[Devon]]. Ron has six siblings; his five older brothers, Bill, Charlie, Percy, twins Fred and George, and a younger sister, Ginny, each with their own distinct personality trait. One recurring factor in Ron's siblings is that they often appear to be more confident, self-assured and, to varying degrees, more outwardly talented than he is.

The Weasley family is one of the few remaining [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)#Pure-blood|pure-blood]] wizarding families, though they were considered "blood traitors" for associating with non-pure-bloods. Moreover, they are far from rich, and are looked down upon by snobbish "old families" such as the [[Draco Malfoy#Family|Malfoys]]. All of the Weasleys have been sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. All of the Weasley children, except Bill and Percy who both were [[Head Boy]], are known to have played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, with Charlie being the captain of the team for at least one of his school years. Charlie, Bill, Percy and Ron were also chosen as the [[Prefect#Academic|prefect]] of their House. The Weasleys also all work for the [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]], and all are members except for Ron, Percy, and Ginny, who (as of the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'') are not known to officially have been inducted into the Order. Arthur is distantly related to [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)#Sirius Black|Sirius Black]] and is part of the famed Black family, though he and the rest of his immediate family have been considered "blood traitors" and are disowned. Other distant relatives include Draco Malfoy, [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)#Nymphadora Tonks|Nymphadora Tonks]], and [[Death Eater#Bellatrix Lestrange|Bellatrix Lestrange]].


==Reception==
==Reception==
Ron was chosen by [[IGN]] as their third favourite ''Harry Potter'' character, who said that Ron's status as comic relief made him "instantly endearing" and that his frustration and flirtation with Hermione Granger was a "highlight".<ref name="IGN Top">{{cite web |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/100/1002569p5.html |title=Top 25 Harry Potter Characters |author=Brian Linder, Phil Pirrello, Eric Goldman, Matt Fowler |date=14 July 2009 |work=[[IGN]] |accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref>
The entertainment website ''[[IGN]]'' selected Ron as the third best ''Harry Potter'' character, writing that his status as comic relief makes him "instantly endearing". The ''IGN'' writers observed that "unlike most sidekicks, Ron isn't a coward or a simpleton, nor is he content to live in Harry's shadow ... Ron overcomes his shortcomings with faithfulness and perseverance".<ref name="IGN Top">{{cite web |author1=Fowler |first=Matt |author2=Goldman |first2=Eric |author3=Linder |first3=Brian |author4=Pirrello |first4=Phil |date=14 July 2009 |title=Top 25 Harry Potter Characters |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/100/1002569p5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719051740/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/100/1002569p5.html |archive-date=19 July 2009 |access-date=3 April 2011 |work=[[IGN]]}}</ref> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine included Ron's friendship with Harry as one of the 33 best friendships in film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-friends-film/|title=33 of Film's Best Best Friends|date=23 November 2011 }}</ref>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
In 2003, the British charity organisation [[Comic Relief]] performed a spoof story called ''Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan'', in which [[Jennifer Saunders]] appeared as both Ron and J. K. Rowling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan |url=http://www.tv.com/french-and-saunders/harry-potter-and-the-secret-chamberpot-of-azerbaijan/episode/255720/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102173132/http://www.tv.com/shows/french-and-saunders/harry-potter-and-the-secret-chamberpot-of-azerbaijan-255720/ |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=8 July 2007 |website=TV.com |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=French and Saunders: Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan |url=http://www.frenchandsaunders.com/rnd03/lineup/0302192116.shtml |access-date=8 July 2007 |website=French and Saunders |publisher=}}</ref>
Ron has made several appearances in [[Parodies of Harry Potter|parodies of ''Harry Potter'']]. [[Seth Meyers]] appeared as Ron in ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in the sketch in which [[Lindsay Lohan]] portrays Hermione.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saturday Night Live Transcripts|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/03/03rpotter.phtml|accessdate=27 July 2007}}</ref> On his ''[[The Big Impression]]'' show, [[Alistair McGowan]] did a sketch called "Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone". It featured impressions of [[Anne Robinson]] as Ron.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One press release|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/14/entertainment.pdf|year=2001|accessdate=20 May 2007}}</ref> In 2003, [[Comic Relief]] performed a spoof story called ''Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan'', in which [[Jennifer Saunders]] appeared as both Ron and J. K. Rowling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan|publisher=tv.com|url=http://www.tv.com/french-and-saunders/harry-potter-and-the-secret-chamberpot-of-azerbaijan/episode/255720/summary.html|accessdate=8 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=French and Saunders: Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan|publisher=.frenchandsaunders.com|url=http://www.frenchandsaunders.com/rnd03/lineup/0302192116.shtml|accessdate=8 July 2007}}</ref> In ''Harry Podder: Dude Where's My Wand?'', a play by [[Desert Star Theater]] in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis, Ron appears as "Ron Sneasley".<ref>{{cite news|title=Calendar|work=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050605/ai_n14655523|accessdate=20 May 2007 | date=5 June 2005|deadurl=yes}} {{Dead link|date=December 2011|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> In the ''Harry Bladder'' sketches in ''[[All That]]'', Ron appears as ReRon and is played by [[Bryan Hearne]]. Ron also is a regular character in ''[[Potter Puppet Pals]]'' sketches by [[Neil Cicierega]]. In one of the episodes, "The Mysterious Ticking Noise", Ron, along with Snape, Harry, Hermione and Dumbledore, is killed by a bomb placed by Voldemort; the episode being the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for "Best Comedy" of the year 2007 at YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|title= PotterPuppetPals Top at YouTube Awards |url= http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/3/22/tic-tock-potterpuppetpals-top-at-youtube-awards|publisher=the-leaky-cauldron.org|date=22 March 2008}}</ref> In the 2008 American comedy film ''[[Yes Man (film)|Yes Man]]'', Carl (portrayed by [[Jim Carrey]]) attends a Harry Potter-themed party hosted by Norman ([[Rhys Darby]]), in which Norman disguises as Ron. In ''A Very Potter Musical'' (2009) and ''A Very Potter Sequel'' (2010), parody musicals by [[StarKid Productions]], Ron was portrayed by [[Joey Richter]].

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Ron Weasley
Harry Potter character
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley[a]
First appearanceHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
Last appearanceHarry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016)
Created byJ. K. Rowling
Portrayed byRupert Grint
In-universe information
Full nameRonald Bilius Weasley
Family
SpouseHermione Granger
ChildrenRose Granger-Weasley
Hugo Granger-Weasley
NationalityBritish
HouseGryffindor
Born1 March 1980

Ronald Bilius Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. He is introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as a first-year student on his way to the wizarding school Hogwarts. During the school year, Ron befriends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Being the only member of the trio who was raised in wizarding society, he provides insight into wizarding customs and traditions. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts and is present for most of the action throughout the series. Ron is portrayed by Rupert Grint in all eight Harry Potter films.

Creation and development

Ron was one of the first Harry Potter characters that Rowling created.[1][2] Although Ron and Hermione form a romantic bond in the series and eventually have children, Rowling confessed in a 2014 interview that she wrote the relationship as "a form of wish fulfilment". She said the characters are fundamentally incompatible in some ways, but that their relationship might function with "a bit of counselling".[3]

Appearances

Novels

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Ron is introduced in the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997). He and his family encounter Harry Potter at King's Cross station and help him find the Hogwarts Express. Once aboard the train, Ron and Harry meet Hermione Granger, whom they initially dislike. At Hogwarts, all three students are assigned to Gryffindor House. After Ron and Harry save Hermione from a troll, they develop a friendship with her.[4] When the trio seeks the Philosopher's Stone, Ron uses his skill at Wizard's Chess to allow Harry and Hermione to proceed safely through a dangerous, life-sized chess game.[5] At the last dinner of the school year, the Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore rewards Ron's chess skill by giving him fifty House points, which helps Gryffindor win the House Cup.[6]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Ron returns in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998). During the summer after his first year at Hogwarts, Ron writes to Harry several times. He receives no answer because his letters are intercepted by Dobby the house-elf. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers Fred and George fly to Harry's house in their father's enchanted car. Harry spends the next month at the Weasleys' home. When Harry and Ron are unable to board the train to Hogwarts, they take the flying car instead. Ron receives a Howler from his mother, who berates him for taking the car.

Later in the novel, Ron and Harry use Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as they infiltrate the Slytherin dormitory and attempt to gather information about the Chamber of Secrets. During a journey into the Forbidden Forest, Ron is forced to encounter his worst nightmare: spiders. The giant arachnids nearly devour Ron and Harry, but the enchanted car rescues them. Ron and Harry then enter the Chamber to save Ron's sister Ginny, who was kidnapped. After Harry rescues her, both boys are given awards for their service to Hogwarts.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Ron's pet rat Scabbers goes missing.[7][8] Ron, Harry and Hermione eventually discover him hiding in Hagrid's hut.[9] When Scabbers runs off again, Ron chases him to the Whomping Willow, where he is snatched by a large black dog and dragged into a tunnel.[10][11] Ron and his friends follow the tunnel to the Shrieking Shack. The dog turns out to be Sirius Black, who explains that Scabbers is actually the Death Eater Peter Pettigrew.[12] As Ron returns to Hogwarts with Harry, Hermione, Sirius and Remus Lupin, Pettigrew knocks Ron unconscious and escapes.[13][14][15] Ron is forced to remain in the hospital wing of Hogwarts while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to rescue Sirius and the hippogriff Buckbeak.[16]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000). Ron is in awe when he sees his favourite Quidditch player, Viktor Krum.[17][18] He is even more excited when Krum comes to Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.[19] At Christmas time, Ron attends the Yule Ball with Padma Patil. He becomes very upset when he sees that Hermione's date to the Ball is Krum, and the two have a heated argument.[20] In the second task of the Tournament, Harry must rescue Ron from the depths of the Hogwarts lake.[21]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), Ron is made a Gryffindor prefect.[22] His brother Percy congratulates him and advises him to become an ally of Dolores Umbridge, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor appointed by the Ministry of Magic.[23] Ron, however, does not support Umbridge's policy of refusing to teach students practical defensive magic. He, Harry and Hermione form the group Dumebledore's Army, which provides a venue for students to practise defensive spellcasting.[24] Ron also joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Keeper and helps Gryffindor win the Quidditch Cup. Near the end of the novel, Ron battles Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries alongside Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood. He is injured during the fight, but makes a full recovery.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Ron returns as Quidditch Keeper in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005).[25] However, he performs poorly at Quidditch after learning that Hermione may have kissed Krum. He becomes upset when he observes his younger sister Ginny kissing a boy, and Ginny reacts by pointing out that Ron has never been kissed. To bolster Ron's confidence for an upcoming Quidditch match, Harry pretends to give him a luck potion. Believing he has actually taken the potion, Ron performs well and Gryffindor wins the match.[26] During the ensuing celebration, Ron kisses Lavender Brown. Hermione becomes jealous and begins to ignore Ron, who gradually becomes dissatisfied with his relationship with Lavender.[27]

In March, Ron eats chocolates containing a love potion. Horace Slughorn administers an antidote, then kindly offers Ron some mead. Unbeknownst to Slughorn, the mead is poisoned; Harry saves Ron's life by forcing a bezoar down his throat. Ron is taken to the hospital wing, where he is visited by a panic-stricken Hermione. After recovering, Ron reconciles with Hermione and breaks up with Lavender. Later in the novel, Death Eaters enter Hogwarts. Ron, Hermione, Ginny and other students and staff fight them. Snape kills Dumbledore during the battle, after which Ron and Hermione vow to help Harry find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes.[28] Rowling said that before this novel, Ron is "quite immature". She said the events of Half-Blood Prince help the character to "grow up emotionally" and "make himself worthy of Hermione".[29]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007), Ron and his friends use Polyjuice Potion to impersonate employees of the Ministry of Magic. They then infiltrate the Ministry and retrieve a Horcrux in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. Fearing the locket containing the Horcrux might be lost or stolen, Harry requests that someone wear it at all times. Wearing the locket has a profound effect on Ron, who lashes out at Harry and Hermione and abandons them. Ron immediately regrets his decision to leave, but is captured by Snatchers and cannot return. Eventually he reunites with his companions with the help of the Deluminator he inherited from Dumbledore. He finds Harry attempting to recover the Sword of Gryffindor from an icy pool and rescues him from drowning. Harry forgives Ron for leaving and insists that he use the sword to destroy the locket.

The trio are captured by Snatchers but are rescued by the house-elf Dobby, who dies during the escape. Eventually, the trio returns to Hogwarts, hoping to find the last unknown Horcrux shown in Harry's vision. Having lost the Sword of Gryffindor to Griphook the goblin, Ron gets an idea to procure more Basilisk fangs and manages to speak enough Parseltongue to open the Chamber of Secrets, where Hermione destroys the Horcrux in Helga Hufflepuff's cup. He begins to worry about the fate of Hogwarts' elves. Upon hearing this, Hermione drops the basilisk fangs she was carrying and kisses him for the first time. He also takes part in the Battle of Hogwarts, witnessing the death of his brother Fred, and teams up with Neville to defeat Fenrir Greyback.

In the epilogue of Deathly Hallows, which is set nineteen years after Voldemort's death, Ron and Hermione are sending their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley off to her first year at Hogwarts. They also have a younger son named Hugo.[30] In interviews following the release of the novel, Rowling gave differing accounts of Ron's life after the events of the series. On one occasion she said Ron and Harry work for the Ministry of Magic as Aurors.[31] In a later interview, she said that Ron works at the joke shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes with his brother George.[32]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany. The plot occurs nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the play, Ron and Hermione send their daughter Rose on the train to Hogwarts. Hermione is now the Minister for Magic, while Ron manages Weasley's Wizard Wheezes with his brother George. In the second act, Harry's son Albus Severus and Draco Malfoy's son Scorpius travel through time, and their actions change Ron and Hermione's relationship during their time at Hogwarts. Ron falls in love with Padma Patil at the Yule Ball, with the result that Ron and Hermione never marry. However, this alternate timeline is eventually erased, and the original timeline is restored.

In 2016, Paul Thornley portrayed Ron Weasley in the stage debut of the play at the Palace Theatre in London. For his performance, Thornley was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play at the 2017 WhatsOnStage Awards. Thornley reprised the role in 2018 at the Lyric Theater on Broadway.[citation needed]

Portrayal in films

Rupert Grint portrays Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films. He auditioned after seeing a segment on the children's news programme, Newsround, inviting children to apply for the role. Grint sent in a photo, a self-written script and a rap explaining his suitability for the part.[33] Rowling was supportive of the casting, calling Grint perfect for the role.[34] Grint's performance in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone earned him the Satellite Award for Outstanding New Talent and the Young Artist Award for Most Promising Young Newcomer.[35][36] In a 2020 article, Nathan Sharp of Screen Rant described him as the most "natural" child actor in the early films, and "excellent from minute one".[37] Grint commented on playing Ron in the series: "The line between Ron Weasley and me got thinner with each film".[38]

Characterisation

Outward appearance

In the first novel, Ron is described as "tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose".[39] He has the trademark red hair of the Weasleys, and is one of Harry's tallest schoolmates, even outgrowing some of his older brothers. Rowling has stated that Ron has blue eyes.[citation needed]

Personality

Ron is known for his humour, loyalty, readiness to defend his friends and his love of food. In an interview, Rowling described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature.[40] As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the third film in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban, assigned them to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character's emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint's essay, Cuarón recalls, "Rupert didn't deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn't do it, he said, 'I'm Ron; Ron wouldn't do it.' So I said, 'Okay, you do understand your character.'"[41] Commenting on Ron's character development in the final book, Rowling explained that "Ron is the most immature of the three main characters, but in part seven he grows up. He was never strong footed, people see him mostly as Harry's friend; his mother had actually wanted a girl and in the last book he finally has to acknowledge his weaknesses. But it's exactly that which makes Ron a man."[42]

Ron proves his bravery and magical ability several times, such as by playing 'real wizard's chess' in the first book, entering into the Forbidden Forest with Harry during the second book despite his arachnophobia, producing a full-corporeal Patronus Charm in the fifth book and even, in the seventh book, getting basilisk fangs from the Chamber of Secrets by mimicking Parseltongue without understanding it.

Some of Ron's qualities serve as foils to Harry's. Whereas Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family. Many of his possessions are hand-me-downs. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight; Ron, in comparison, is often perceived as a mere lackey and sometimes becomes jealous of the recognition Harry receives. Overshadowed by his many siblings and the fame and achievements of his friends, Ron's inferiority complex and need to prove himself are the main thrusts of his character arc. As the books progress, he matures from an insecure boy to a competent young man capable of strategy and leadership.[citation needed]

Magical abilities and skills

Ron is given his brother Charlie's old, chipped wand, which is made out of ash and has a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He holds the wand together with Spellotape after nearly breaking it in half at the start of Chamber of Secrets, but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end. Ron's new wand is fourteen inches, willow and unicorn hair, which he procures before the start of his third year at Hogwarts. Ron's talents are rarely shown, but he, like the other DA members, survives a violent encounter with adult Death Eaters in Order of the Phoenix, and it is implied that during the Death Eater assault in Half-Blood Prince he held his own quite well because he was being helped by Felix Felicis, the good luck potion. In Deathly Hallows, Ron loses his original wand, and takes Peter Pettigrew's wand for his own. Following this, Ron begins to demonstrate more aptitude and general knowledge, along with a sudden spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression.

Reception

The entertainment website IGN selected Ron as the third best Harry Potter character, writing that his status as comic relief makes him "instantly endearing". The IGN writers observed that "unlike most sidekicks, Ron isn't a coward or a simpleton, nor is he content to live in Harry's shadow ... Ron overcomes his shortcomings with faithfulness and perseverance".[43] Empire magazine included Ron's friendship with Harry as one of the 33 best friendships in film.[44]

In 2003, the British charity organisation Comic Relief performed a spoof story called Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, in which Jennifer Saunders appeared as both Ron and J. K. Rowling.[45][46]

Notes

  1. ^ Promotional image for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

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