Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: 12 HUGE Changes To The Battle Of Hogwarts
6. Neville's Endurance
Considering Neville was almost the Chosen One - a fact of the prophecy entirely left out of the films - it's not hard to believe that his development in the final book was even more impressive than his short defiant speech he gets to deliver in the film before killing Nagini with the sword of Gryffindor.
The book follows Neville's journey through the Battle of Hogwarts pretty closely, while in the films he pops up intermittently to perform his key moments only. As well as going into detail about his ordeal with the Carrows and showing just how strongly he stands up for his friends, Neville's grandmother Augusta Longbottom also makes an appearance, stating proudly: "naturally" when told Neville was bravely fighting in the war.
His defiant speech against Voldemort is also a lot more traumatic in the book, as Voldemort picks up the sorting hat that would later bear the sword for him, sets it on fire and places it on Neville's head as punishment for standing against him and refusing to join the Death Eaters. His torture was cut short by an apparently "dead" Harry reawakening and setting the battle alight again.