[HPforGrownups] Re: Insecurity & Hermione

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 2527



Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote:

> Hi --
>
> Dr M M wrote:
>
> > I also think Hermione is just as insecure as he is.  If she wasn't
> > would she really be bragging about her knowledge in class the way she
> > does?
>
> I don't have the perception that Hermione "brags" about her smarts, in
> class or out of class.  She's always all too happy to volunteer the
> right answers, in class & out of class.  But, in my mind, that's not
> quite the same thing as "bragging."

You both have a point.  Hermione does have insecurities about her studies
(remember what her boggart appeared as during Lupin's obstacle course/final
exam?)  She overstudies and worries a great deal about upcoming tests.

But I also agree that she doesn't brag.  She never crows about her test
results, and she although she can be tsk-tsky toward Ron and Harry when she
thinks they aren't studying enough (or when they don't know something she
thinks they should know--usually something from _Hogwarts, a History_), she
is unfailingly kind to Neville in Potions class, always doing her best to
protect him from Snape's bullying rather than agreeing with him that Neville
is hopeless.

She's a smart student but not the most obnoxious kind.

Just the mildly obnoxious kind.

Peg