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It should be noted that Neville's being awarded House points for showing courage by standing up to his friends, though wholly deserved, may seem like a fluke or even an act of generosity by Dumbledore. However, at the end of Order of the Phoenix, Professor McGonagall will award Neville, along with Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Luna Lovegood, 50 House points for his part in the battle at the Ministry of Magic and for warning the Wizarding world of Voldemort's return. In the last book, he will continue to show exemplary courage, and throughout the series, most notably in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', we will see him and grow into a strong wizard and capable leader.
=== Connections ===
* "After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." This aphorism is applied here by Dumbledore in reference to Nicolas Flamel. While we do not recognize it directly at the time of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 27|Dumbledore's death]], we will find [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 33|in the final book]] that Dumbledore had applied it to himself as well. And Harry's [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 34|subsequent realization]] that in order to master Death, one must not fear it, is closely related.
* Voldemort here is seen to have survived his own apparent death. This, of course, sets up the entire seven-book story arc, and will be referred to multiple times throughout the series. The fact that the mechanism depends on fragments of Voldemort's soul being attached to physical objects ("[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Horcrux|Horcruxes]]"), and that Harry contains a piece of Voldemort's soul within himself, is not yet known; but the connection between Harry and Voldemort, visible in Harry's scar and known by the pain in that scar, would indicate that the nature of Voldemort's immortality had been largely worked out this early in the series.
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