Hermione: a Braggart? Not

[Penny & Bryce]

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Hi --

Amy Z wrote:

> 
> I grant you her boasting is not empty--call her a boaster, then, not a
> braggart.  But we *do* hear her loudly proclaiming her good marks from
> time to time, sorry as I am to say so.
> 
> "'You'll lose all the points I got from Professor McGonagall for
> knowing about Switching Spells.'"  (PS/SS 9)

Well, (a) the above exampe is from SS, and we at SCHABB maintain that 
current Hermione (post-GoF) is not nearly so bossy & know-it-allish, and 
(b) she's not exactly boasting IMO.  She doesn't say "I got 40 points 
from McGonagall for knowing Switching Spells, and oh by the way, I got 
99 of 100 points on that essay for her last week.  What did you get?"  I 
don't think she's prone to asking what others have done & comparing her 
own performance to that of others.  I recognize that comparisons don't 
need to be made for her to still be boastful about her own performance, 
but I still just don't see her as boastful or as a braggart (despite 
your examples).

> 
> and then there's the very irritating (though hilarious)
> 
> "Trying to answer a question with Hermione next to him, bobbing up and
> down on the balls of her feet with her hand in the air, was very
> off-putting, but Harry had a go."  PA 7
> 
> Raising one's hand whenever one knows the answer is good--bouncing up
> and down while someone else has already been called on and is trying
> to answer is obnoxious.  Again, I love Hermione, and I am so much like
> her it's scary, but this is definitely beyond being a smart,
> self-confident kid.

Still not bragging per se.  I'll grant you that this is obnoxious 
behavior though.  :--)

Penny