Secondary Sortings

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rohit Puskoor <columbiatexan at y...> wrote:
> I was just thinking, it's interesting that each member
> of the Trio has an identifying characteristic that
> could easily have led to their being sorted into
> another house.  Ron's intense loyalty to the people he
> loves is a very Hufflepuff quality; Hermione's
> cleverness--Ravenclaw; and the Sorting Hat itself said
> that Harry's desire to prove himself (and, as
> Dumbledore commented, his willingness to break the
> rules, among other things) would make him a good fit
> for Slytherin.  I wish we knew what the Sorting Hat
> had said to Ron and Hermione, and I'm also wondering
> whether Rowling did this on purpose.   A group of 3
> Gryffindors who are also representative of the other 3
> houses of Hogwarts--obviously, had they been sorted
> into the other houses, they wouldn't have been able to
> interact with each other.  I want to find out more
> about the Sorting Hat!

I think the reason we only saw the Hat's thinking with Harry is 
because JKR uses Harry as point-of-view.  The reader sees and 
hears what Harry sees and hears.  So far as we can tell, the Hat 
may have talked with each of the students -- or at least those who 
took a long time to sort.

Probably the Hat has secondary choices for almost everybody.
That would keep everybody in a house from being alike.  From 
what we see of Cedric Diggory, he might well have landed in
Gryfindor.

Does the Hat remind anybody else of Meyers-Briggs?
I figure:

Gryfindor: NT
Slytherin: SJ
Hufflepuff: NF
Ravenclaw: SP

Harry: INTJ
Hermione: INTP
Ron: ENTP

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