Character Summary: Hermione Granger

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 15181

Penny wrote:

>Although the readers are limited by Harry's point-of-view in the
>stories, it is strongly implied that Hermione has developed a 
mentoring
>relationship with Professor McGonagall.  She excels in all her 
courses,
>but her best subject appears to be the one taught by Professor
>McGonagall: transfiguration.

Can anyone point to specifics about either of these points?  A 
mentoring relationship fits, IMO, but I see only the vaguest hints of 
it; a relationship with Vector seems as likely.  And I don't see 
anything to suggest that Hermione's strongest subject is 
transfiguration.  There are a few examples of her doing particularly 
well there, but ditto for Potions, Defense (as you point out, Lupin 
calls her "the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met" [and he knew 
Lily!] even though she got less than full marks on her final for him), 
and especially Charms (viz. her 112% on the final in PS/SS and, in 
GoF, her invaluable Charms help in tasks 1 and 3, and to a lesser 
extent 2; the 3rd task stuff shows advanced DADA talent too).

>Hermione appears to be a very perceptive person, attuned to the needs
>and emotions of others around her.  <snip>
> She recognized that Harry had not entered
>himself into the Triwizard Tournament and was astute enough to 
realize
>that he might need to lean on a friend and take a walk the next 
morning.

My favorite Hermione moment:  bringing Harry the toast.  How many 
13/14-year-olds have one-tenth this much sensitivity?

>4. Is she a braggart?

No!  Okay, you can cite moments of overenthusiasm in class, but they 
are heavily weighted toward the beginning of the series.  Come on, 
let's give her a break.  We know Harry's wondering how he's going to 
measure up in the wizarding world--Hermione surely has the same 
insecurities (on the plus side, she isn't famous, but on the minus 
side, she's Muggle-born).  As Penny said, she doesn't flaunt her high 
marks.  (She still needs to work on the know-it-all tendency, IMO.  A 
bit.)

As you can tell, my answer to #9 is that I relate to Hermione very 
much.

Amy Z
who always raised her hand more than anyone in class . . . no, really?

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