Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, J.K. and her publishers do. I only own this monologue, and I'm not trying to make any money off of it. Please don't sue me.
Someone's always better than me, in some way. Bill and Percy were both head boys, Charlie was legendary Quidditch captain, Fred and George pull the best pranks. I can't do anything better than them, or even do something as well as them. Besides, even if I did accomplish something, it would hardly matter, because someone would've done it before me.
I'm never anyone special. Sure, I help Harry out on all the things he does. But I'm just Ron, Harry's faithful sidekick. I'm not resentful of Harry, he deserves all the credit he gets. But when I'm compared to him, the things I do are hardly worth mentioning. No one cares much about what I did, because it's Harry that did the big thing.
I've never accomplished something that someone else didn't, and there's no hope that I ever will. If I get on the Quidditch team, I'll be nothing compared to Harry and Charlie. If I'm head boy, it won't matter because Bill and Percy will already have done it. If I pull a prank, no one will remember it after one of Fred and George's. If I do well on a test, Hermione will have done better. There's too many people that are just better than me.
I'm that little thing you carelessly through into a corner. That thing that's okay, but doesn't really matter. Maybe you'll use it later. Or maybe you'll forget about it. It doesn't really matter to you. It's just a little thing, something of no consequence. That's who I am, the thing that doesn't matter.
Can't I do something thatÕs my own for once? Something that isn't compared to something someone else did. Something that will matter, that someone else didn't already do. Something unique, something of my own.
Or at least, if I can't do something special, can't I at least do something better than anyone else? Better than the best? Something that, when it's compared to someone else's, will shine?
I know the answer to those questions already: no. Everything's already been done, I can't do anything special. And I can't do anything better than everyone. Because everyone's just better than me.
I imagine all those people walking past me. There's Percy the Perfect, there's Bill the Head Boy, Fred and George the Pranksters, and Charlie the Quidditch Legend. There's Hermione the Genius, there's Harry the Hero. Everyone, doing something better than me. As I watch and wish. As I wonder why I can't be among them, doing something special...