Harry Potter
Harry is both ordinary and extraordinary. He's an eleven-year-old skinny kid, with unruly black hair and a weird scar on his forehead. He's also an orphan who doesn't remember his parents and is stuck living with the obnoxious Dursleys – his Muggle aunt, uncle, and cousin. Though the Dursleys spoil their son Dudley, Harry is stuck living in the spider-infested closet under the stairs. Because of the Dursleys, he's had to grow up fast and learn to look after himself.
Ron Weasly
Ron is Harry's first and best friend at Hogwarts . Ron spends much of his time being overshadowed by his friends and family. Ron's closest friends are an international celebrity (Harry) and a brainiac (Hermione), and he feels intimidated by all his older brothers' reputations. Whether they're pranksters or high-achievers, they're all making names for themselves in the big bad world, and as the youngest of the Weasley brothers, Ron's worried he won't measure up. That's why, when he looks into the Mirror of Erised, he sees himself winning everything and earning every award, in charge of everybody, and doing everything really well:
Hermione Granger
When we first meet Hermione, Harry and Ron think she's super annoying. She's loud and bossy and butts in all the time. She's your typical know-it-all, does-her-homework-perfectly-all-the-time, and always-follows-rules kind of girl. Hermione puts lots of people off by working so hard and being so smart. But she's not just a suck-up – we can tell that she's genuinely excited about learning magic and has an incredibly strong work ethic. To other students, though, it can seem like she's trying too hard. Ron and Harry even hope she won't be in Gryffindor with them – at least Ron hopes that she won't. He tells Harry, "Whatever house I'm in, I hope she's not in it". Sure enough, Hermione becomes a Gryffindor, and it takes quite a while for them all to become friends.
Harry is both ordinary and extraordinary. He's an eleven-year-old skinny kid, with unruly black hair and a weird scar on his forehead. He's also an orphan who doesn't remember his parents and is stuck living with the obnoxious Dursleys – his Muggle aunt, uncle, and cousin. Though the Dursleys spoil their son Dudley, Harry is stuck living in the spider-infested closet under the stairs. Because of the Dursleys, he's had to grow up fast and learn to look after himself.
Ron Weasly
Ron is Harry's first and best friend at Hogwarts . Ron spends much of his time being overshadowed by his friends and family. Ron's closest friends are an international celebrity (Harry) and a brainiac (Hermione), and he feels intimidated by all his older brothers' reputations. Whether they're pranksters or high-achievers, they're all making names for themselves in the big bad world, and as the youngest of the Weasley brothers, Ron's worried he won't measure up. That's why, when he looks into the Mirror of Erised, he sees himself winning everything and earning every award, in charge of everybody, and doing everything really well:
Hermione Granger
When we first meet Hermione, Harry and Ron think she's super annoying. She's loud and bossy and butts in all the time. She's your typical know-it-all, does-her-homework-perfectly-all-the-time, and always-follows-rules kind of girl. Hermione puts lots of people off by working so hard and being so smart. But she's not just a suck-up – we can tell that she's genuinely excited about learning magic and has an incredibly strong work ethic. To other students, though, it can seem like she's trying too hard. Ron and Harry even hope she won't be in Gryffindor with them – at least Ron hopes that she won't. He tells Harry, "Whatever house I'm in, I hope she's not in it". Sure enough, Hermione becomes a Gryffindor, and it takes quite a while for them all to become friends.