Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by

J. K. Rowling

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Fred Weasley Character Analysis

One of the Weasley twins. A seventh year, Fred isn't especially interested in returning to Hogwarts to sit his N.E.W.T. exams. He only does so because Mrs. Weasley insists, and Fred and George don't want to make Mrs. Weasley even angrier after the fiasco of Percy abandoning their family. What both twins really want to do—and what they spend most of the school year doing—is to develop products for their joke shop, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Their joke products represent a firm understanding of a variety of magical disciplines and even impress Hermione, though the twins are often at odds with Hermione because she takes offense when they test their products on first years. After beating up Malfoy for insulting Mrs. Weasley, Fred and George are banned from playing Quidditch. Without that to distract them, they take it upon themselves to make Umbridge's life miserable. In addition to joining Dumbledore's Army, Fred and George let fireworks loose, set up a portable swamp in a corridor, and sell "Skiving Snackboxes" that contain sweets to give the consumer enough of an ailment to get sent to the nurse, with an antidote to take once the student has been allowed to leave class. Fred and George dramatically leave Hogwarts after setting up the swamp and announce that they've secured premises in Diagon Alley to sell their wares. There's little difference personality-wise and in terms of goals between Fred and George; they function as a team in all cases and are very close to each other.

Fred Weasley Quotes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix quotes below are all either spoken by Fred Weasley or refer to Fred Weasley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter Six Quotes

"So, got there yet?" said George eagerly.

"The weapon Sirius mentioned?" said Harry.

"Let slip, more like," said Fred with relish, now sitting next to Ron. "We didn't hear about that on the old Extendables, did we?"

"What d'you reckon it is?" said Harry.

"Could be anything," said Fred.

"But there can't be anything worse than the Avada Kedavra curse, can there?" said Ron. "What's worse than death?"

Related Characters: Harry Potter (speaker), Ron Weasley (speaker), Fred Weasley (speaker), George Weasley (speaker), Sirius Black, Lord Voldemort
Page Number: 100
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Chapter Nine Quotes

Ron had not asked Dumbledore to give him the prefect badge. This was not Ron's fault. Was he, Harry, Ron's best friend in the world, going to sulk because he didn't have a badge, laugh with the twins behind Ron's back, ruin this for Ron when, for the first time, he had beaten Harry at something?

Related Characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Professor Albus Dumbledore, Fred Weasley, George Weasley
Page Number: 167
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Chapter Seventeen Quotes

"You know, I don't get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each," said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee collected gold from the eager crowd. "They really know their stuff..."

Related Characters: Harry Potter (speaker), Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley
Related Symbols: O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s
Page Number: 368
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Fred Weasley Quotes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix quotes below are all either spoken by Fred Weasley or refer to Fred Weasley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Purpose of Education Theme Icon
).
Chapter Six Quotes

"So, got there yet?" said George eagerly.

"The weapon Sirius mentioned?" said Harry.

"Let slip, more like," said Fred with relish, now sitting next to Ron. "We didn't hear about that on the old Extendables, did we?"

"What d'you reckon it is?" said Harry.

"Could be anything," said Fred.

"But there can't be anything worse than the Avada Kedavra curse, can there?" said Ron. "What's worse than death?"

Related Characters: Harry Potter (speaker), Ron Weasley (speaker), Fred Weasley (speaker), George Weasley (speaker), Sirius Black, Lord Voldemort
Page Number: 100
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter Nine Quotes

Ron had not asked Dumbledore to give him the prefect badge. This was not Ron's fault. Was he, Harry, Ron's best friend in the world, going to sulk because he didn't have a badge, laugh with the twins behind Ron's back, ruin this for Ron when, for the first time, he had beaten Harry at something?

Related Characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Professor Albus Dumbledore, Fred Weasley, George Weasley
Page Number: 167
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter Seventeen Quotes

"You know, I don't get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each," said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee collected gold from the eager crowd. "They really know their stuff..."

Related Characters: Harry Potter (speaker), Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley
Related Symbols: O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s
Page Number: 368
Explanation and Analysis: