Sorting Hat Ritual.....

[jcminjapan <jonmayes@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48861

Well, I thing that I read somewhere that we will find out how people 
are sorted... Well, here is my idea about the controversy of where 
Harry and even Hermione as well were placed.

I feel that the sorting hat takes the persons values, ideals etc and 
puts them together with their wishes and then places them where they 
will best be trained to become their full potential.  

Here is my reasoning...... Hermione should actually be a Ravenclaw if 
you look at just her ideals and values.  Think about it, in the 
beginning she had the ideals basically of the Ravenclaw.  But, she 
wanted to be put in Gryfindor and she was.  I think that it is our 
choice, but not completely.  I think if she wanted to be in 
hufflepuff, she would not have been placed there.  Basically, because 
I do not think that Hermione has the traits of a true Hufflepuff and 
being sorted into that house would do her no good. Also, I think that 
the sorting hat did not place her in Ravenclaw due to the fact that 
we was basically a Ravenclaw ideally already and she would leave 
Hogwarts the same as when she left.  You can see now that her bravery 
and other Gryfindor ideals are starting to come out.  Therefore 
becoming her full potential.

Now on to Harry.... I think that Harry would have made a great 
Slytherin as well.  I think that most people have a bad idea about 
the house of slytherin and not ALL slytherin students are going to be 
future DeathEaters.  Just as I do not think that all Gryfindors are 
ideal people, I am sure that some have become DeathEaters as well.  I 
think that in book one that was just a generalization that all 
slytherin were bad.  I think that Harry actually would improve in 
both houses and that is truly why the sorting hat had a hard time.  
But, Harry truly believed that he was more of a Gryfindor than a 
slytherin.  So, in this was Harry was sort of able to choose where he 
wanted to go.  Basically either house would help him and it was more 
of a 50-50 and neither house would help him more or less than the 
other.  

Now Draco... Draco`s family have all been in Slytherin and Draco had 
the characteristics of slytherin and none of the other houses would 
help him and Draco only wanted to be in Slytherin.  So, the sorting 
hat had an easy time placing him.

Well, just my idea...... any thoughts?

Jon