Everything You Need to Know About the Harry Potter Series by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-02-29T04:30:00+00:00

Character Spotlight: Neville Longbottom

Harry Potter is the Boy Who Lived, and now the Chosen One, but those titles could have just as easily belonged to Neville Longbottom. Like Harry, he was born on July 31, and like Harry, his parents had thrice defied Voldemort. Yet for whatever reason, it was Harry Potter the Dark Lord chose to mark as his equal. Harry may have ended up with the lightning-shaped scar that made him famous, but the prophecy marked Neville in its own way. After Voldemort’s downfall, his loyal Death Eaters tracked down and tortured Neville’s parents into insanity, and Neville’s life was changed forever.

Readers meet Neville in “Sorcerer’s Stone” aboard the Hogwarts Express when the pudgy, timid boy asks Ron and Harry if they’ve seen his pet toad. Neville, like Harry, has led a difficult life. He was raised by a formidable grandmother and great aunts and uncles. For many years his family feared young Neville was a squib, a person born to a wizarding family yet with no magical talent. In truth, Neville isn’t very good at spells, charms or potions, but that’s mainly due to his shyness and lack of confidence. But also like Harry, Neville is a true Gryffindor. He bravely stands up to Harry when he thinks the boy is dragging others into too much trouble, and as he grows, he starts standing up for himself.

Neville may not be marked like Harry. He may not have natural talent like Harry. But by the end of the series, he has transformed into a brave, confident young man who, like Harry, chooses to stand up to evil even if it could cost his life.

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