罗恩-《哈利波特》中真实的英雄_英语论文

A Real Hero in Harry Potter --on the Image of Ron

摘要

J.K.罗琳的哈利波特系列丛书自1998年出版以来一直备受好评。它围绕着哈利·波特和伙伴们的成长历程，为我们展现了神奇的魔法世界。主人公哈利·波特，作为魔法世界的救世主，备受人们喜爱。他是许多孩子眼中的大英雄。他最好的朋友之——赫敏·格兰杰，一位天才女巫，总能在哈利最需要帮助的时候展现自己的聪明才智。她善良，聪慧，独立有思想，在哈利与大反派伏地魔斗争的一路上，她起到了关键的作用。哈利和赫敏的光芒是如此耀眼，以至于人们总是会忽略那个站在他们背后的普通男孩——罗恩·韦斯莱。没有哈利救世主的声誉，也没有赫敏的才智，一些人甚至认为罗恩是三人组中可有可无的存在。然而，作为我最喜爱的角色，罗恩不仅在哈利的成长中起到了关键作用，他也是《哈利·波特》一书中真实的英雄。此文将从三个方面来介绍并分析罗恩这一角色：罗恩的成长历程，真实英雄的定义和罗恩被称为真实英雄的原因，以此来说明罗恩为什么是一个真实的英雄。

关键词：罗恩·韦斯莱；真实英雄；《哈利·波特》；成长历程 

Abstract

Harry Potter, written by J.K. Rowling, is a series of magic novels which has been popular for nearly 20 years since the time when it was published in 1998. They mainly tell the growth of an orphan boy named Harry, the savior of the magic world. Nearly all people are impressed by Harry and Hermione: the first one is the savior of the magic world, the other one is almost the cleverest female character. Both of them cover the light of Ron Weasley, another best friend of Harry, making him less important. Some people even think that he is a fifth wheel in Harry Potter series. However, Ron is my favorite character, and I think that he is not only necessary to Harry’s success, but also the real hero in Harry Potter series. In order to support my idea, I divide my paper into three parts. In the first part, I choose some Ron’s obvious personalities, both negative and active, and give reasons why Ron has these personalities. Then I quote some definitions of hero from different people in my second part. In the last part, I combine Ron’s personalities with hero’s definitions firstly. Then I compare Ron with Malfoy and Harry respectively to show why Ron is a hero and why Hero Ron is real.  

Key Words: Ron Weasley; real hero; Harry Potter; growth process

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 The Overall Structure of the Thesis 1

2. Growth Process of Ron’s Personality 2

2.1 Most Obvious Personalities of Young Ron 2

2.1.1 Timidity and Braveness 2

2.1.2 Reasons for Personalities 2

2.2 Most Obvious Personalities of Teenage Ron 2

2.2.1 Inferiority, Jealousness and Impulsiveness 2

2.2.2 Braveness and Responsibility 3

2.2.3 Reasons for Personalities 3

2.3 The Obvious Personality of Adult Ron 4

3. Definitions of Hero 6

3.1 Child-hero 6

3.2 Pierre-E Lacocque’s Type of Hero 6

3.3 Ed MacDonald’s definition of Real Heroes 6

4. The Reason Why Ron is a “Real Hero” 8

4.1 The Reason why Ron is a Hero 8

4.1.1 Choices of Attitudes towards Friends 8

4.1.2 Choices of Attitudes towards Enemies 8

4.2 The reason why Hero Ron is real 9

4.2.1 The Maturity Process of Ron’s Heroism 9

4.2.1 Ron’s Heroic Behaviors 9

5. Conclusion 10

References 12