Blog #2

As the series progresses, all of the characters change. This of course is inevitable, they're all growing up and going through puberty. Change is to be expected, even in the wizarding world. But there is one character in particular that really stands out to me in her development.

For this, I'd like to mention Ginny Weasley. When we first encounter her, she's shy, quiet, and fairly childish. Then again, she's only 10 and she has to watch all of her older brothers ship off to Hogwarts. Through the first couple instances of her appearance, Ginny remains fairly quiet and definitely in the background of the story. Then, she's shunted to the foreground as the posessee of Tom Riddle's diary. She still remains shy and quiet, but you can tell that this traumatic event changes her. She's only a little girl of 11 at this point, and the enormity of being posessed and her experiencing this was kind of brushed over... for the time being.

 As the series progresses, Ginny becomes more outspoken, direct, and definitely less shy. She becomes a master at the Bat-bogey Hex, becomes a "hot babe" to many of the male student populace, and is recognized as a great quiddich player. She develops into a strong female role, mostly in the background, as Ginny has basically been portrayed as a minor character. But, in book five, she really hits her stride. She, as it's been read, accompanies Harry to the Department of Mysteries and kicks some serious butt. However, she does something else remarkably important. When Harry believes he was posessed by lord Voldemort, it's Ginny's confession of what she felt when she was possessed in the past that truly comforts him. Ginny, it's shown, really went through a painful and terrifying experience, and Harry, who has also done this, can connect with only her in this way. Suddenly, Ginny is more than another Weasley. She’s an integral part of Harry accepting what has happened to him.

As the series progresses, Ginny’s firey personality becomes more important to the story, and she becomes more of a major character. I like the think that a major cause in the shift of her development is caused by her possession by Tom Riddle, as well as her maturing.