Neville Longbottom has come a long way since first introduced as the blubbering fool that loses everything and can never quite get anything right. Even his attempts to help in the first books are always at the most inopportune times and end up hurting the group more than helping. Fast forward seven years and we meet an entirely new man; a battered warrior who has been leading an against-all-odds rebellion against Snape and the Death Eaters who have penetrated Hogwarts.
The first time we hear about Neville in the Deathly Hallows is when Harry hears about an attempt to break into the office of Snape to steal back the sword of Gryffindor that Harry pulled out of the Sorting Hat in book two. He not only openly defied the new rule, but reformed Dumbledore’s Army and takes on a very Harry-Potter-esque role and shows his true colors as a Gryffindor.
Neville’s similarities to Harry started with his birth and the choice that presented itself in the prophecy made about Voldemort, but during book seven Neville makes ground in becoming what the very prophecy warned about; the end of Voldemort. Neville is told by Harry that he needs to kill Nagina, and even after Harry is believed to be dead Neville takes the task to heart and beheads the snake; the last horcrux. From the boy who loses his Remembrall and appeared to be nothing more than comic relief Neville is transformed into a lion with enough courage to summon the Sword of Gryffindor.
No comments:
Post a Comment