How are ron and hermoine foils?

Answer 1

Foils are two characters who are the opposite of each other and emphasize each others' personality through the contrast of their characters. Ron is a comical, rather lazy (when it comes to homework), full-blooded wizard. He isn't the brightest in his classes, but he knows a lot about the wizarding world in general because he grew up in it. He also provides much of the comedy in the Harry Potter noovels. Hermione is a sensible, overachieving, muggle-born witch. She is amazingly intelligent and hardworking, but she was raised by muggles and does not know as much about the wizarding world as the weasleys do. She brings logic and answers to the books when Harry and Ron are in doubt. In this way, Harry's two best friends are foils of each other.