by Meg Boyd » Tuesday 12 August 2003 2:00:35am
Ginny developed beautifully. In a book where a lot of the main characters are male (harry, ron, LV, DD, fudge, the weasley boys, neville etc) there is only one strong female character, Hermione (IMO). Even Hermione has a few of the female stereotypes like being over emotional etc...but the story lacks that really cool, kick butt girl that brings an extra umph to the story...and in the words of the Weasley twins "Small things can be pretty powerful, just look at Ginny and her hexes"...Ginny seems to be growing in to this wise, powerful, confident girl who will probably have a more front running roll. She has definetly changed from the whimpering, pale, quiet girl we met in books 1-4, into the strong, lively, daring, opinionated girl we have in book 5! And that's exactly why I think she and Harry are meant to be because honestly, can we see Harry with the damsel-in-distress type of girl (ie Parvati or Lavender for an example???)? I don't think so. Harry is a strong character and he needs some one just as strong to put him in his place, and that person is Ginny!