Hermione's placement

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 43241

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> Alina:"Hermione in the end of PS/SS told Harry that "bravery and 
> courage" are more important than "books and cleverness". She values 
> the Gryffindor attributes more than she values the Ravenclaw ones. 
I believe that's the reason she's in Gryffindor."
> 
> Yes! There's a lot more to Hermione that books and cleverness, and 
> we (and Hermione) are discovering what it is more and more.

Your little vignette was interesting, but a little too Harry-centric 
for my choice. I think you overlook a lot of examples in the CofS of 
Hermione's sheer bravery. 

Here is a TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL who finds herself the most obvious 
target of an ancient unknown monster and what did she do? (What would 
any reader do at age 12? Personally I would have faked an illness and 
gone home, hiding under my bed!) 

Hermione applies her formidable 'books and cleverness' and concocts a 
potion that was probably above NEWT level in her second year! This 
was at the risk of expulsion if discovered and resulted in a cat 
transformation of several weeks!

When she realized what the monster was (Parselmouth voices + Pipes + 
petrification = Basdilisk) dod she scream for help? She had the 
presence of mind to look around corners with a mirror that saved her 
life and that of Percy's girlfriend.

At the end of CofS, Dumbledore told Harry he has qualities that could 
place him in Griffindor or Slytherin. Hermione has the qualities of 
all four houses. 

IMHO I doubt that the Sorting Hat makes choices on how they affect 
Harry. If the student has qualities of several houses, choice and 
family may have some bearing. (I'm thinking while the Weasleys wanted 
to be in the same house as their parents, the Patil sisters may have 
wanted to live separately). 

However in Hermione's case, I feel that the hat saw all four houses 
qualities, but found her bravery as needing the most development. I 
look forward to seeing Hermione as well as other supporting 
characters showing their bravery in future books IF WE EVER GET 
THEM!!!

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