Why Hermione wanted to make the Polyjuice Was:Hermione and the Polyjuice Potion

[SarahMarv3 at aol.com]

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In a message dated 12/7/2002 1:46:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, siskiou at earthlink.net writes:

> I've always wondered why Hermione was so dead set on making
> the potion.
> 
> Harry and Ron would have been perfectly willing to let that
> plan drop, but she wanted to make this potion very, very
> much.
> 
> Almost as if it was a personal thing, wanting to prove she
> can, even though it's supposed to be a most complicated
> brew.

I think that Hermione was so dead-set on making the potion because she felt the most threatened.  From what we can tell, she is the only student who was openly called a "mudblood" in front of her peers that year (based on everybody's shock upon hearing Malfoy use the word.)  If the heir *was* Malfoy, Hermione knew that he would be sending the monster after her soon.  If she could determine that Malfoy was *not* the heir, she would be able to relax a little; she would not feel like the primary target! I don't think that the brewing of the Polyjuice Potion had anything to do with Hermione "showing off!"  I think that it was purely out of terror; the only way that Hermione would openly break the rules *and* persuade others to do the same was if she was truly afraid for her life.

By the way, this is my first post, and I want to say hello! 

*Sarah =)