Study Guide

Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By J.K. Rowling

Neville Longbottom

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House: Gryffindor, 6th Year

Neville shares the same birthday as Harry Potter, and, as a result, for a while Dumbledore believed that Professor Trelawney might apply to either Harry or Neville, considering that the prophecy fit both baby's circumstances:


Had Voldemort chosen Neville, it would be Neville sitting opposite Harry bearing the lightning-shaped scar and the weight of the prophecy….Or would it? Would Neville's mother have died to save him, as Lily had died for Harry? Surely she would….But what if she had been unable to stand between her son and Voldemort? Would there then have been no 'Chosen One' at all?

Neville is not considered the coolest kid on the block, but he is true to himself and doesn't try to be someone he's not. Like Harry, he has remained pure of heart even in the face of great loss and suffering:
