Presents...

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 19075


There is something that has been...well...bothering me for awhile. Why
doesn't Hermione get any birthday or Christmas presents in the HP
books? I mean, we *always* hear what Harry gets for Christmas and his
birthday. And he always gets something from Ron and Hermione. In fact,
in COS Hermione goes into the boys dormitory to give Ron and Harry her
gifts but there's absolutely NO mention of Hermione getting anything!
And Ron was in the same boat until...erm...I think GOF. Harry got Ron a
Chudley Cannon hat for Christmas. Granted, Harry got both Hermione and
Ron Omnioculars at the Quidditch Cup but still...that wasn't until the
fourth book!

We all know that Harry is not poor. He can certainly afford small gifts
for his friends. So why would JKR leave out any mention of this? How
hard is it to write an extra sentence saying "And Harry hoped that
Hermione would like the special edition of 'Hogwarts, A History' that
he got her." I suppose its nothing but this point consistently annoys
me! Hermione deserves a gift dangit, she's certainly put up with Harry
and Ron enough!

~Amber
(Who hopes this isn't a typical case of boys not knowing what to get
girls...)
 

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"I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, 
I hear the every approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, 
I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, 
if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will come right, 
that this cruelty too will end..."
 - Anne Frank "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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