Who knows what kind of magic Voldemort could've put into that locket. This has probably been said before but... the locket must've known that those three were gonna destroy it sooner or later so it didn't effect anyone else. As for Ron, he's a good wizard and stuff, but I'm not sure that very many people could last wearing that thing anyway so... yeah, obviously it is tryingto prevent itself from being destroyed and it will do whatever.

I see a similarity (and a bit of plagarism!) between the locket in DH and the ring in LOTR.

Frodo wore the ring on a chain around his neck and that alone was wearing him down, but when he put it on his finger, it created paranoia and chaos. He would behave so unlike himself. I see Ron much the same way, only in this case, it's his greatest fears.

Why did the locket affect him the most? I say it's because he has always been insecure about himself. Perhaps he felt he didn't have enough intelligence (Hermione's strength) or courage (Harry's strength). He just didn't think highly of himself. This is why, IMO, the locket affected him the most.

I agree and disagree, Dumbledore's Widow. I think that it is a lot different from the One Ring. It made all around try to size it, but with the locket, the Trio didnt want to have anything to do with it. But I can see a simialarity, since Sauron clung to life with the Ring, and Voldemort clung to life with the locket. But as far as Ron is concerned, since Harry had to live rough, and hasnt experenced much, Ron became more vulnerable because of pains that he didnt share, such as poverty. Also, everyone around him seems to overshadow him. His brothers have accomplished great things, and as it says in the book, Molly wanted a daughter badly. Harry had the whole wizarding world's attention, and Hermoine was constantly sought after due to her intelegence and beauty (yes, I said beauty) More or less, it was envy that caused the locket to effect him so.

I think the locket affected Ron the most because he had left his whole family behind, not knowing if they're alive or hurt, while Harry has no family and Hermione's parents were in Australia. He had eight family members to worry about, not to mention Harry and Hermione. I don't think he was weak or vulnerable, he was just really worried about his family. He also did this in HBP too, remember how he would always ask Hermione if anyone they knew died as soon as she opened the paper?

I think it effected Ron the most because of his love for Hermione. When he opened the locket and was supposed to stab it he didn't, and saw the horcrux version of Harry and Hermione kissing (snogging), and was really angered by it. I think that when the wore it, he could somehow tell that that was inside of it, waiting to come out at him.

I think the locket affected him the most because he had hidden feelings and he always kept his emotions bottled up inside. Like how he never told hermione how he feeled or how he always envyed harry and how he had to live up to his brothers and their accomplishments. The locket brought all those out of hidding and made him more upset about it all.

I think it effected ron the most because ron had last seen his family getting attacked at the wedding. Also ginny was once possesed with the diray, george got a hole in his ear and his father was attacked by niagi. his family has always been in danger and now he doesn't know what is going on with them now. He was foull of more worryness than hermione and harry.

it affected him b/c he had the most to lose...or so he thought. he has alot more insecurities than harry and hermione, he doesnt really have that high of a self esteem. dont get me wrong, he's not weak at all! on the contrary, he's very strong...i think that the thing that defeated him the most was himself...Ron didnt leave cuz he was hungry, or annoyed that hermione wasnt paying attention to him, or bored. in the end, i think that the locket convinced him that he just wasnt cut out for it. Harry was a hero. Hermione is a genius. he thinks that hermione and harry could have 'something' if they tried...he didnt want to be there to see it...to see himself sit on the sidelines and watch his best friends do everything. he didnt think that he was worth anything. he had so much to lose...which made it so difficult...his family...his friends...his love...
He always knew that harry and hermione were more sure of themselves. but i think he realized that, even if harry and hermione 'didnt need him', he needed them. he has more to fight for, and i think that ultimately brought him back...the thing about the locket was that it doesnt alter your thougths, it depens them. ron was an easier target b/c he was more vulnerable w/ his low self esteem (at the time) and his many insecurities...

I don't think it affected Ron the most because he was the weakest, but he certainly had a lot of insecurities... We've seen it all the way through the series - right from him meeting Harry on the Hogwarts Express - how he has 5 older brothers to live up to, how his family have little money and he has to start Hogwarts with 2nd hand stuff...
Magically, he's not the strongest - he's always going to be behind Harry and Hermione, and he's worried that Hermione will never return his feelings for her...
I think the Locket, in a way, fed off his insecurities the most, which is why it affected him more than Harry or Hermione

i think it's the other way around or at least they need each other to be whole, otherwise it wouldn't be because they are part of each other. harry needed ron because ron is his best mate, while hermione needed ron because she love him. ron i think unites them and brought them together. he made things lighter than it really seems, brighten up days with his humour, lessen the fear with his comments. he has a good heart and humour that the other two needed. but hey ron needed harry because he was his best mate and he needed hermione because he love her. it's really a cycle.

I think it affected him the most for a number of reasons. His home had been under attack and didn't know if his family was safe. He was dealing with his feelings for Hermione. He had always been scared that Hermione and Harry liked each other. He has always felt insecure because he's got older brothers to live up to, and his best friends Harry Potter. He's always been in someone's shadow. The locket just amplified those feelings.

i agree with tigerlily23 i think that he was worried about his family and about his feelings towards Hermione, but I also think that it might have something to do with his will power wasn't as stong as Harry and Hermione's or something like that.

Very good question! I hadn't thought much about that. Well, I agree with what a lot of other people said about Ron being weaker than the other two in certain ways. One thing I think is a possibility is that Harry's parents and close family members and people he loved other than Ron and Hermione (this is not including the other members of the order because Harry was very close to them but I don't think he loved them in quite the same way) were all already dead. He didn't have a lot to lose. Hermione's parents were off in Australia and didn't know who they were so Hermione knew they were safe. Ron, however, had so many people to worry about who were close family members. He had all his brothers, his sister, and his parents. I think that had to have affected him a lot. I think a lot of things play into this. I also think that maybe it affected all of them the same, but because Ron was weaker, he let it get to him the most. Although it did affect Harry and Hermione a lot, they were able to kind of ignore it and get away and just try not to let it get to them. I think because Ron was weaker in certain ways (and I do not mean to insult Ron, I just mean he is not mentally as strong as Harry and Hermione are) than Harry and Hermione, he just let it bother him a lot more.

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I think the reason that the locket affected Ron the most was because he wears his heart on his sleeve. Even when Ron wasn't especially in touch with his feelings (particularly in GOF) his feelings were apparant and easy to read. I think it was easier for the locket to mess around with his feelings because his has such an open heart. And the fact that Ron has actually realized what he feels (like, his feelings for Hermione and the importance of his family) has just made it even easier for the locket to meddle with him.

The serious of the situation, not being included in Harry and Hermione's discussions, and hearing what he did about "the weasleys having enough trouble with their children being hurt" and not completely understanding what that means was just too much for him while wearing the locket. It amplified all the feelings of doubt and anger he had within. And he snapped.

Also, Ron wasn't necessarily mentally weaker than Harry and Hermione. Remember he is very strategic. And it upsets me when people underestimate his importance in the trio.

I mean no disrespect to Ron. But, I think the reason the locket affected him more is that he was the weakest of the three. He wasn't as clever as Hermione and hadn't been through as much as Harry. He was just weaker then the other two.

In my humble opinion, Ron was affected most because he had the most insecurities in his mind at the time. He was not the weakest: I believe that Ron is really a strong and brave guy. He is not the one with the most other problems on his hands: That would definitely be Harry, 'nuff said.
However, Ron is the one who was feeling the most insecure about himself, and his place in the trio. He has always felt like a sidekick: not the hero, like harry, and not the smart-one-who-solves-all-the-problems like Hermione. Ron, as we have seen in the mirror of erised, desires most to be a person all on his own, not overshadowed by his brothers and his best friends. This was highlighted in GoF when Ron was jealous and angry with Harry.
Plus, the insecurities Ron felt about himself were heightened by another factor: Ron was feeling very insecure about his love life, aka Hermione. This was shown very much when Ron 'killed' the locket, because what came out was what Ron was made to see when he wore it: harry and hermione liking each other more than him, and himself being less important than anyone
The locket struck a chord in Ron, not because he was weak, but because he had a sensitive spot right in the place where the locket attacked.

I agree with lil_johnf. I think the locket effected Ron because he was the one with the most insecurities.

I think it affected Ron the most because because, well, he's not exactly what you would call prominent. Hermione is the best in her class and Harry is the famous Harry Potter and when people around you are more noticed you don't realize it but you slowly began to have more doubts. Ron was ignored quite a bit by Hermione and his mother sometimes and they seemed to show a lot more attention to Harry. No wonder he had so many doubts and those doubts lead to jeolously and suspicion so that is basically why I think the locket affected him more than the others. Ron was still a brave and loyal person though. Very brave and loyal.

Weeeell, Ithink it's cause he felt he was sacrificing himself the most.I mean, his whole family was in danger and he had like always been in Hary's 'shade'.I think he didn't like always being just 'the friend of Harry Potter'.Although he was trying to surpress it, there were moments where he was jealous of Harry.The locket probably felt it and used him. And' I DO think that it's 'Lord of the Rings'-ish, but i don't think it spoils the seventh book.It fits into the story, and anyway, didn't the One Ring hold a bit of Sauron i n itself, too?!?!

Ron had the most to be worried about, yes. he was also self consious about hermione. ever since the first book ron had been the most insecure. he has so many sicling to worry about and hes always in Harrys shadow. He was always self conious about his appearence. Harry ,although proberly scarred for life at the time, was braver and stronger not to mention harder ( hehe) and Hermione was never one to doubt herself.

I'd say it affected him the most because he had the most to lose in the war, and he gets such large mood swings. Seriously, that boy has raging homones. And I beleive that it didn't affect Umbridge because she is sooo vile, and she was doing Voldemort's work.

The locket affected Ron the worst because Ron always wears his heart on his sleeve (except when it concerns his feelings for Hermione ).

Looking at the effects of other horcruxes, you see how the diary affected Ginny. She poured her heart into it, and thus, as Hermione put it, made herself incredibly vulnerable. The diary fed off of Ginny's emotions, and likewise the locket feeds off of H-R-Hr's emotions too. But it affected Ron rather badly, because Ron was having a lot of emotional insecurity at the time, and, as I said, he always wears his heart on his sleeve.

I think it has nothing to do with Ginny being possessed by the diary cuz the diary was planted on her so she would use it. The locket Ron used because of his somewhat apprehensive choice. I think that was just they way it happened or maybe because he was the most insecure.

--Fleur

the locket used to put thoughts in their heads, and since Harry had no one to worry about except for Ron, Hermione and Ginny he could handle his worries
and Hermione took precautions to protect her family so she didn't worry very much about them and she knew they were safe
on the other hand Ron's family were on the line, everyone of them was in grave danger, he knew it and knew that he can't do anything to protect them, he knew that the ministry was after them, and his sister was at Hogwarts with deatheaters as teachers, that's a lot to worry about
and the locket used to make him think about these things all the time

I think it was because he was the most insecure and vulnerable. I mean, Ron is awesome, but he IS the one that left. The locket just targeted him. I really liked that scene where he had to destroy it. Oh my god, I just love Ron. Then he went back to Hermione and she's like "YOU COMPLETE ARSE" haha, not what he was expecting.

I think that the locket affected Ron the most because he was always second best to his brothers and constantly overshadowed and pressured to be more like them from his parents. He really never had an oppourtunity to lash out over everything that had irked him or made him angry or upset. He might have been confused and scared about why he was really with Harry and Hermione. I mean he probably missed home (even though he would never admit it to Hermione!) and his parents. I think he just bottled all of his feelings up for seventeen years and couldn't stand to be quiet any longer!