Question 3

[Tina Smart]

No: HPFGUIDX 20511

>3) Why is it that Hagrid's great guilt trip makes Ron incredibly
>uncomfortable, but yet he still treats Hermione like dirt? Don't
>Hagrid's words mean *anything* to him?



Ok, to me this had seemed obvious, though as I can now see it was my 
interpretation and not something that was written. I thought that the boys 
were ready to listen to Hagrid, or at least take on the idea. The 
uncomfortable looks said to me that they felt bad about how things were 
going with her. She had already tried to make it up with them and they had 
finally started to come round, until the whole cat-rat thing.
My opinion is that the whole Hogsmede thing just tipped them over the edge 
again, it was just too many things all at once. I mean, what are the things 
they value most (materially anyway)? Their pets, quidditch and going to 
Hogsmede. And she's taken all of them away, even if not quite directly or 
completely.
So in answer to the question, I think Hagrid's words mean a lot to them, 
only it's circumstance changes it all.
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