Ron & Hermione - Birds of a Feather

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 16438

Hi --

morine10 at aol.com wrote:

> I said: > I think this is very possible.  Why is this necessarily a
> bad thing?> What if she's just ambitious & has a strong desire to
> succeed
> > academically because it will open doors for her down the road?  She
> may
> > be driven in the academic arena, but is this any worse than wanting
> > success in other areas of one's life (such as socially or
> athletically)?
> >
>
> Mo said: And how, I ask, is this any different from wanting
> recognition among your family and peers for your accomplishments?  How
> is it any different from wanting financial stability?  How is it that
> one person's wants make them more susceptible to the Dark side than
> those of someone else?

Well ... I really wasn't addressing that issue (susceptibility to the
Dark Side) at all.  I was really delving into Demelza's post about
Hermione's "pathological (bordering on OCD)" studying and desire for
academic success.  Demelza just makes Hermione's studying sound so
disturbing ... as though she's mentally ill for studying hard.  I was
just curious *why* Hermione's desire to succeed academically would
prompt Demelza to characterize her as coming close to having OCD.

But, to your point.  Yes, Hermione's desire for academic success is her
buggaboo.  It is a well-known vulnerability/weakness and could be used
against her by the dark side.  But, I agree completely with Kristin who
argued that Hermione thinks things through more clearly & logically than
Ron does.  Note: I'm not saying that Hermione is more intelligent than
Ron and therefore less likely to be a victim of the Dark Side.  I'm
saying she's a logical cool-headed thinker for the most part; and Ron
is, for the most part, not.  She's *less* likely to fall prey to the
Dark Side for that reason (not because her insecurities are any less
known or less problematic than Ron's are).  As Kristin said, Ron has a
vulnerability in his desire for money & his ambitions .... but what
makes him most vulnerable to being an unwilling pawn is his
vulnerabilities *coupled with* his impulsiveness, temper and tendency to
make off-the-cuff emotional decisions.  IMO of course.

Penny

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> I for one do not think that Ron and Hermione are all that different.
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> ~Moey
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