Ginny Weasley changes dramatically between books one and seven in the Harry Potter series. At first, we see her as a timid little girl hiding behind her mom at the slightest notion of Harry's name. All Harry sees of Ginny at first is the flash of her red hair as she darts around corners and away from him. In great contrast, the Ginny Weasley of The Deathly Hallows is mature and even fierce.
At the end of the series, Ginny is transformed into a no-nonsense warrior for good. She helps Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood carry on with Dumbledore's Army as well as wreak havoc during Snape's stint as headmaster. She's extremely calculating and magically skilled. We see her sense of justice when she leaves the room of requirement, venturing out to fight Death Eaters. Ginny even holds her own against Bellatrix Lestrange at one point, albeit with the help of Hermione and Luna. Ginny hasn't been the timid young thing of the first book in quite some time. She's grown into a woman capable of balancing her classwork, the DA, and a bit of insubordination on the side when she isn't battling evil and helping to save Hogwarts.
An interesting contrast to Ginny is Luna Lovegood. Though she fights alongside Ginny and has many of the same accomplishments, Luna has not undergone any severe transformation. Luna remains the same free-spirited and zany character we were introduced to back on the Hogwarts Express. I posit that Luna has not changed because she has no real growth to achieve at this point in her existence. She has always been exactly who she is without the fears or anxieties that seem to plague the other, more socially conscious characters. Ginny, at the start, was very self-conscious and particularly around Harry. In Deathly Hallows, however, Ginny steps up to take a leading role. Luna, on the other hand, maintains her same thirst to do what is right and her desire to help her friends no matter how strange her actions might appear to others.
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