[HPforGrownups] Re: The Kiss

[Michelle Apostolides]

No: HPFGUIDX 7451

Can I throw in my English twopenn'orth ?

Hermione is an extremely English,shy,  bookish girl making her first
foray into the whole boy/girl thing. Add to this, that she is aware of
her friend's very serious danger. She can't say too much because there
are loads of people around who she knows. But she can't just shake his
hand either. So a peck on the cheek is all she can do. Really English
people don't hug.

Perhaps there's more to come, but I don't think quite yet.

Oh and as for Ron's jealousy, ( a long time since it was discussed I
know ) someone compared Ron and Hermoine's maturity. But what strikes me
as far as the jealousy goes is that Ron has a hell of a lot more to deal
with than Hermione. This is because Hermione can view Harry Potter ( the
renowned hero ) as a concept. Harry her friend is something different.
She grew up in the Muggle world just as Harry did.

  Ron has had to grow up hiw whole life being very aware of Harry as a
kind of saviour ( he unwittingly defeated someone who was threteaning
his whole community's existance ) and then has to deal with being
Harry's closest friend and experiencing at close quarters what Harry has
to deal with - the good and the bad. Jealousy has little to do with
maturity. It just is there whether he likes it or not. I like Ron loads.
In fact,  I like all the Weasleys. But I can see why Ron has grown to
resent Harry.

Michelle