Character Summary: Hermione Granger

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 15202

> > 3. Any new thoughts on why she was sorted into Gryffindor rather 
> than
> > Ravenclaw?

Caius Marcius wrote:
 
> One of the things a well-rounded education should provide is make 
you 
> aware of and allow you to develop those aspects of your character 
> which have gone hitherto unnoticed (or under-noticed) by you. 

<post full of excellent points snipped>

Yes, yes!  Hmmm..."me too" posts aren't kosher.  So I will take this 
opportunity to add that I have loved every single filk you've posted 
and only refrained from saying so 'cause I don't want the Mod Squad to 
come after me.

In general, I think the Sorting encourages readers to look for aspects 
of the characters that we don't see at first glance.  It would be very 
boring if JKR had filled Gryffindor with a bunch of junior heroes.  
The G. kids are the usual mix of brave and not-so-brave, talented and 
not-so-talented, hardworking and not, etc. etc.  But each of them 
harbors some kind of tremendous courage or potential for it, and we 
have to look for it, knowing that it's there if the Sorting Hat says 
so.

Hermione is not only very brave when it comes to physical danger, but 
she has great integrity, which is another form of courage.  Sticking 
by Neville, spelling out for Harry what Ron's problem is in GoF, 
making herself unpopular with her activism--these all require a kind 
of bravery as well, a kind that the books clearly want us to hold in 
high regard.  (Dumbledore makes Neville, not Harry, the house hero in 
PS/SS by letting his points be the ones that put Gryffindor over the 
top, and Neville's accomplishment was integrity and the courage of his 
convictions.)

There, that wasn't a "me too."

Amy Z

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