In "Order of the Phoenix," we find out that the Weasleys weren't in the original Order of the Phoenix. Why not? The Potters, who were younger, were, as were many older witches and wizards. What were the Weasleys doing?
2006-07-07 13:43:09 · 8 answers · asked by Buddy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A lot of people I've asked, both on Yahoo! Answers and my nerdy English major friends, state that the Weasleys had young children. But the Potters were members, and they had a baby! So that answer leaves me unsatisfied.
2006-07-07 15:19:05 · update #1
I'm only comparing the Weasleys to the Potters in the sense that they both had children, so that can't be the sole reason that the Weasleys weren't members of the Order.
2006-07-07 15:56:25 · update #2
I wondered why too, but I think that is really a question of what they thought of it. In one of the books (don't remember which), Ron made a comment of how his mom was scared the first time that Voldemort was terrorizing. I don't think that they would've joined specially because Arthur didn't have a stable position in the Ministry, the fame or the money to buy one and because I don't think that Molly knew that how much influence Dumbledore has over Voldemort. If you analyze the characters I don't think that you can compare them to the Potters: come on, James was very fearless and as you can see in Snape's memory, Lily had kind of her own force and voice. I don't think that Molly Weasley would've joined the Order having 6 small children (and let's suppose Ginny on the way) and her husband not earning that much money or respect within the Ministry.
2006-07-07 15:51:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
Original Order Of The Phoenix
2016-12-18 07:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by chanelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Order Of The Phoenix Members
2016-10-05 11:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by kindle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its very possible they didn't know about it. They were out of school longer than the Potters had been, so they wouldn't have as close ties to Dumbledore, and Mr. Weasley's has a job at the ministry - the members of the Order of the Phoenix probably thought he supported the ministry and would turn them in [even back when everyone knew that Voldemort was out there killing people, members of the Order had to be rebels of sorts - certainly what they were doing was illegal?].
The Order had to be kept quiet. I'm sure they only found out about it during its second emergence, because of their ties to Harry.
2006-07-07 18:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by Mary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I expect it was because of the fact that the Weasley's have so many children. At the time they probably had quite a few young ones. Remember, Ginny might not have even been born yet. I bet it was because Molly was constantly pregnant, and Arthur worked long hours to support his family. Excellent question, by the way.
2006-07-07 15:08:05 · answer #5 · answered by Demeter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also wondered why. The thing is, at that time, many of the Weasley children were quite young. Since there are 7, and five are older than Harry, perhaps they were designated as keepers of the future of magic and did not actively participate in the Order.
2006-07-07 14:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by dp61450 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were helping the cause, but werent actual members.
2006-07-07 14:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one...
2016-03-16 21:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋