Could Hermione Fight the Imperius Curse?

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First off, hi again, everyone, I'm back after a brief disappearance.

I'm definitely not going to draw any firm conclusions about whether or 
not Hermione coud fight off the Imperious Curse without some more 
evidence.  But my leaning is to say that at the time of GOF (or 
earlier), no she wouldn't have been able to, but she would be by the 
later books (whether or not she will ever be tested in that is another 
 question entirely).

We know she is a talented witch, giving some points in her favor.  We 
know she is determined and strong-willed: even more points in her 
favor, since, as many have observed, this is the primary requisite for 
fighting the Imperious Curse.  But I would argue her strength of will 
is not as strong as Harry's (and Harry is the only benchmark we have 
in this case, except maybe the Crouch's) even if her dedication to a 
cause and stubbornness is in a way greater than Harry's is.  These may 
all sound like near synonyms, but they're not.  Just being stubborn 
wouldn't necessarilly help.  I know many stubborn people who I don't 
think really have what I would call true strength of will.  
You need to have faced real adversity and hardship, not just 
refused to yield in some inconsequential arguments.  Hermione 
definitely has some true strength of will, but not quite enough yet; 
she will develop it more I think as she grows.

Harry has this innately and it is this edge that helps him fight it 
when powerful wizards like Crouch, Sr. and Jr. both had a much more 
difficult time fighting the effects.  I don't think he is a more 
powerful wizard than they are at this time, although he will become a 
more powerful wizard than them eventually since he clearly has an 
ocean of untapped potential.

As a side note, Hermione's innability to fight the boggart is quite 
understandable.  The situation was kind of unfair for her.  She was 
taking a test and her greatest fear was to fail those tests.  Everyone 
else was taking a test and fighting fears unrelated to the test.  In 
fact their normal anxiety to perform well on the test was probably 
helped by the distraction of some greater, unrelated fear.  Hermione's 
was exacerbated.  So her fear was more truly present at that moment 
than anyone else's was, you know?

-Luke

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> Last night I was chatting with Ebony (waves in the direction of 
> Detroit) and, of course, we talked about HP.  Now, many of us here 
> speculate about Ron and how he might somehow lulled to the Dark 
Side, 
> whether it be through the Imperius Curse or something else.
> 
> In GoF, Harry was able to throw the curse but Ron was not.  Hermione 
> was not mentioned.  I, for one, think that her studious ways are 
only 
> a part of her talent and would venture to say that she is extremely 
> talented and strong and could possibly throw off the curse too.  I 
> cannot see her being controlled.
> 
> Does anyone else think Hermione could throw off the Imperius Curse? 
 
> Why?
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who is really hoping that she actually 
> stumbled upon a *gasp* new topic here **********************