HP characters/Myers Brigg

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katze <jdumas at k...> wrote:
> Interesting...
> 
> Here's how I'd class the characters:
> 
> Harry: INTP
> Ron: ESFJ (makes quick decisions...even if they are wrong!)
> Hermione: ENTP
> 
> What do ya'll think?
> 
> -Katze

Katze! Yay - someone else interested in this! <G>

OK, I actually thought Hermione might be an ESTJ - here's the 
description on that:

***
ESTJ:
Outgoing, energetic, dependable. Efficient, organized, and decisive. 
Likes administrating and being in charge. Excellent at organization 
and deciding policies/procedures. Outspoken, assertive, direct. 
Responsible, hardworking, goal-oriented, consistent, pragmatic, 
practical.
****

Sensors tend to like concrete facts, and when a question comes up, 
Hermione definitely dives for her books. Is she a J, though? She is 
pretty good with decisions when she has the information, but may 
waffle if she's overwelmed.

****
Harry: 

ISTP

Prefers action to conversation. Likes adventure and challenge. Does 
well in crisis. Likes working with tools, anything requiring hands on 
skills. Resourceful, independent, determined. Logical, realistic, and 
practical. Reserved, detached, curious observer. 
****

Not sure on the N/S thing for Harry - I'm an INTP and think I have 
some things in common with him, but he seems to be more of a 'here 
and now' guy than I am. Athletes tend to be SPs, so that ties into 
the Quidditch thing. 

Ron is harder, I think, which probably isn't surprising, as all the 
literature on MB says some people don't settle into a definitive type 
until out of their teens (if you're split on something, it probably 
means you're still working through your preferences on that 
function). Characters in a book are a tad bit different, IMO, as they 
are written by someone else - but, of the Trio, Ron is definitely 
written as the least secure and is still trying to figure out "who he 
is". So it make sense that he might be harder to type. 


Here's part of the ESFJ description:

***
ESFJ:

Providers are extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, which 
makes them perhaps the most sympathetic of all the types, but which 
also leaves them rather self-conscious, that is, highly sensitive to 
what others think of them. Because of this ESFJs can be crushed by 
personal criticism, and will work most effectively when given ample 
appreciation both for themselves personally and for the service they 
give to others. This is not to say that Providers are afraid to 
express their own emotional reactions. They are quick to like and 
dislike—and don't mind saying so—tending to put on a
pedestal 
whatever or whoever they admire, and to come down hard on those 
people and issues they don't care for.
****

What do you think?