My own interpretation of this specific issue is that the Weasleys are not especially poor. Admittedly, they do appear to have a cash-flow problem. Which is not exactly the same thing. And, for that matter even that may well prove to have been temporary.
As stated above, you will notice that the Weasleys seem to eat quite well, and there is always enough at their table for guests, and they seem not to be lacking any of the real necessities of life. They sent seven children to Hogwarts without resorting to the fund that is available for children in financial hardship.
They also seem to own their home, as well as enough property to buffer themselves against the inconvenience of any close Muggle neighbors. These are wizards, remember? What would they do with the money, hire a restoration architect? If anything, they might hire a specialist wizard. So what if the place is obviously held together by magic? Regardless of how much it may embarrass their teenaged kids.
And whenever they do get a bit of money ahead, they tend to blow it on travel abroad. A simple lack of hard cash does not typically result in so obvious and so profound a lack of the understanding of basic structural principles, aesthetic taste or engineering design as is apparently so demonstrated by the Burrow. In fact, Arthur, being Arthur, probably prefers to do-it-himself, with his own unique interpretation of what is needed.
And in any case the place was probably quite unremarkable before Arthur enlarged it to hold a family of nine. He and Molly may even have always intended to undo the additions once all the chickens have flown the coop.
Rather a lot of people from the blue-collar end of the socio-economic spectrum count it as almost a point of honor to live right up to the last penny of their income without ever tipping over into debt. But indulging children is probably not so widespread a practice among wizards as it is among Muggles. The wizarding world as a whole takes a good deal less interest in children than the Muggle one, and the young Weasleys all have the books and robes they actually need for school, even if at second hand.
And if you expect to grow out of them by the end of the year, why do they have to start out new? In fact, Charlie may have gotten his current wand after either making Team Captain or upon becoming Prefect, for he managed both. Yes, Charlie was a Prefect, even if he did not go on to become Head Boy.
We saw Molly being volubly overjoyed at Ron having become the fourth Prefect in the family. But that does not seem to go very far in answering the question as to why currency is required in the wizarding world, and used as a standard of wealth in a society which is assumed to be able to transfigure whatever is available to whatever it needs.
And I cannot fully answer that question either, although, as I say above, I can easily see where there might well be some limits to attempting to live by magic alone. In the event it merely introduces yet another logic hole for us to tumble into.
Just what exactly was Rowling attempting to illustrate there? Not and keep it. Which would tend to disallow conjuring food that you could live upon from thin air marvelous aid for Bulimics, though, I suppose. Much less of a strain on stomach lining and tooth enamel. There are almost certainly some principles of transference or exchange in action. And it will nourish you when you have eaten it, too. But I suspect you may end up with a noticably smaller volume of stew than you started with of potatoes unless you are willing to put more of yourself, or your own energy into it than you might prefer.
You need to work from some sort of a starting point. And if you really are working from nothing then what you are putting into the process is entirely yourself. Which will renew itself in time, but will leave you somewhat depleted until it does.
Plus, I suspect that magically-produced goods which is what you will be purchasing in any wizarding shop have been deliberately made resistant to any further transfiguration or charms.
It was a welcoming place, and friends of the family were regular visitors. Arthur and Molly were not members of the first Order of the Phoenix ; it is unknown if he was otherwise involved in the war. During the course of the war, Arthur and Molly had seven children: Bill in late , Charlie in , Percy in , twins Fred and George in , Ron in , and Ginny in Molly had longed to have a daughter after having her first five sons, but had another son before finally having a daughter.
The family was upset when some Death Eaters, such as Lucius Malfoy , were able to get off scot-free by claiming that they had been under the Imperius Curse.
Arthur believed they were lying, and he and Lucius were hostile towards one another whenever they crossed paths. Some members of the Weasley family.
The Weasleys have a long history of being Sorted into Gryffindor House. Molly and Arthur, along with their seven children, were all Sorted into the House. During their time at Hogwarts, all their first five children distinguished themselves: Bill was appointed Prefect in his fifth years and Head Boy in his seventh year and distinguished himself as a student, earning twelve O.
Ron felt dismay at being the sixth Weasley child to pass through Hogwarts. A large part of Ron's worries are caused by the fact that so many of the earlier Weasley children had excelled in some way or other. Ron eventually became a Prefect and a member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team , as did Ginny. Harry became an unofficial member of the family, receiving traditional Weasley jumpers and was even gifted with Fabian Prewett's watch when he turned seventeen.
Molly was frequently as protective of him, as she was of her own children. Molly's boggart was the corpses of her children, which included Harry. Later in life, both Harry and Hermione officially became members of the family, when he married Ginny and she married Ron sometime after the Second Wizarding War. In Ron and Ginny both fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries , receiving minor injuries for their efforts. During the battle Bill was savaged by Fenrir Greyback , though he was not turned into a werewolf, he did develop some wolfish tendencies such as a liking for very rare steaks.
Bill married Fleur Delacour on 1 August , although their wedding was disrupted by the arrival of Death Eaters following the fall of the Ministry of Magic. The Weasleys arrive with the Order just before the start of the Battle of Hogwarts.
Arthur also participated in covert missions, such as guarding the prophecy regarding Harry on Dumbledore's orders. Bill also took a desk job at Gringotts in an attempt to persuade goblins to the Order of the Phoenix's side. In addition, Charlie worked as a recruiter. He spend much of his time trying to convince foreign wizards to join the fight against Voldemort, operating out of Romania.
During the height of the latter conflict, the Weasleys were placed under surveillance by the Voldemort -controlled Ministry of Magic because they had been in close contact with Harry, and eventually had to go into hiding.
Fred and George participated in Potterwatch a radio programme designed to raise moral in the fight against Voldemort and lend support to Harry. The Weasleys took part in the Battle of Hogwarts. During the battle Fred was killed, deeply upsetting the rest of the family, [15] and his death was enough to make his mother commit murder to save her daughter from the same fate.
The family's financial status likely changed with the great commercial success of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and the successful careers of various family members. Bill continued his work as a Curse Breaker. Charlie remained unmarried and proceeded to study dragons. Percy eventually became Head of the Department of Magical Transportation. George remained at Weasleys Wizard Wheezes and would never recover from the loss of his twin.
Ron became an Auror after the war and retired after two years in order to join George at the shop. Ginny became a Chaser for the Holyhead Harpies. She eventually retired in order to start a family with Harry and became a sports editor and Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.
They married soon after finishing school and went on to have seven children, whom they loved but did not spoil. All of those who were of age, except Percy, eventually became members of the reinstated Order of the Phoenix. Harry Potter Wiki Explore. Rowling Story.
Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Improve this question. I had a few friends whos familys were like this, parents made good money, but it only goes so far with tons of kids. But once the kids move out the parents suddenly start taking vacations all the time, buying new cars, ect.
There is evidence that they live paycheck to paycheck as it were empty vault , which supports Arthur supporting them all just to add support to your question — Mac Cooper.
It's common to measure poverty relative to family size e. So the Weasleys could very well be "poor" according to such a definition when they're raising lots of kids and not when they aren't, even if Arthur's income doesn't change. Also, your assumption about Charlie and Bill is complicated. Arthur also works in a very disregarded field See harrypotter. Show 9 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. A foreign trip for a family of wizards might not be as expensive as you'd imagine.
The biggest expense for normal people travelling to a place like Egypt is just getting there. Then you've got lodging - but we know they already have a bigger-on-the-inside tent they can just set up anywhere. So really, it's just a matter of food, which is actually considerably cheaper there relative to an average British income.
A trip to Egypt might end up being cheaper for them than staying home As for trip to Egypt, that question was asked not long ago and some answers try to provide more psychological explanation of that decision. Other than that, Weasleys are typical media poor family - they are said to be poor, other people treat them as poor but they don't actually face consequences that poor people do in real world.
Also bear in mind who called them poor - Draco clearly believed at the time that proper pureblood families have major wealth to back up the purity of their lineage. Shadur Do we know of any proper pureblood families with as many kids as the Weasleys?
As Arthur says in GoF, "Doesn't camp much anymore, poor fellow, he's got lumbago.
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