CHAPTER 8.5 RON WEASLEY
There is not much more that can be said about Ron Weasley. Maybe one thing is that he had a high IQ according to school records. It was hard to imagine because he seemed stupid as country dirt. People wondered whether he had a stroke or something since the IQ test which was done at a time when he was very young, that is in the "past". How long ago is a matter of conjecture. His birth certificate lists his birthday as 16 June but the year is conveniently missing.
Ron did not want a house elf. But now he had one. Ron had a quite a history with house elves although he did not realize it.
When Ron was a baby, his mom and dad had a house elf named Aristotle. Aristotle was quite learned especially in the poetics of tragedy. Interestingly, there were no pictures of Ron with Aristotle. Either his parents didn't care to take pictures or there was something else going on.
George and Fred are twins. We will not talk about them in this story because, frankly, they aren't important. What is important is Ron, Harry, Hermione, Dobby, Tom Felton, Draco and some of the others that have more character.
When I speak of character, I don't mean that they don't have flaws. Character flaws can make tragic heroes, according to Ron's old house elf. But we should not continue on about flaws, which are not germane to the story except that the flaws can be apparent when looking at some of the characters. For example, Colin Creavey is stupid and Neville Longbottom is intelligent but very dense.
When writing a story, it is important to focus. Focus is everything in a story. We could not go into detail about George and Fred without making the story unnecessarily long and boring the reader. Besides, neither is impressive in himself, although the sum of their parts may exceed their own respective values, but that is not saying much.
George and Fred were not really noteworthy for anything other than being twins who look alike. Most people would assume they were identical twins. It is not always the case that twins who look alike are identical. Consider that there are people who look the same or nearly the same who are not even related! Like Jesse Plemons and Matt Damon.
Ron's parents are more important to Ron's background, so we should spend some time on them. But we will have to save that for later. For this chapter is to be about Ron and nothing else!
Ron did not want a house elf. But now he had one. Ron had little experience with house elves but now he would learn. But Harry confronted Ron and demanded the return of his elf by saying "You will return my elf."
To that, Ron spoke in clear English for the first time: "All happy wizards are alike. Each unhappy wizard is unhappy in his own way." Harry did not know what to make of his friend's new literacy and profundity and he fainted.
Ron stood over Harry triumphantly and beat his chest. He took out his pokemon go app and caught a Pikachu. Ron climbed up a wall going "doink, doink, doink."