As the series progresses there are significant changes to many of the characters. One character in particular is Neville Longbottom. Neville is first introduced as a clumsy forgetful boy who is not very talented in magic. He is constantly made fun of and has very little self-confidence. We learn that he has a lot of pressure put on to him by his family who expects him to live up to his parents’ legacy of being great Aurors. We see him though out the series constantly struggling with magic but is gifted in the subject of herbology. While we do not find out much about him in the first three books we see in Goblet of Fire what has happened to his parents and we begin to learn the similarities of Harry and Neville. During the fifth book we then realize that Neville could have just as well been in Harry’s shoes. If Voldemort had chosen to attack the Longbottoms he would have made Neville his equal. But his change in character does not just come from learning from his past. He begins to improve his magic though the DA. As the series continues he shows tremendous maturity and talent when he fights along with other members of the DA in the ministry of magic against the Death Eaters. This being a turning point for Neville he gains confidence and really begins to show turn into a leader. In The Deathly Hallows we find out that he has been co-leading the DA against the new Death Eater teachers while Harry, Ron and Hermione are away from Hogwarts looking for the Horcruxes. Finally Neville become a hero in this coming of age story when he is the one to destroy the final Horcrux by severing the head of the snake Nargini. He has finally been made a hero and does live up to his family name that his grandmother so desparatly hoped for.
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