[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's Parents

[Jake Storm]

No: HPFGUIDX 35936

>From: "eledhwen_0" <slinkie at nids.se>
>my question is: Why do Hermione's
>parents or any of the other muggle parents and children belive in the
>letter from Hogwarts? Harry only believes it because Hagrid convinces
>him and they can not send a giant to everyone. If I got that letter I
>would think that it was a prank.

I've always thought that Harry got a very simple letter, telling him he'd 
been admitted and with very limited instructions, because Dumbledore had 
left a letter of explanation with the Dursleys when Harry was left in their 
care [SS/PS, Chapter 1], telling them how to explain things to him. It was 
the Dursleys' attempt to 'beat the magic out of him' that kept him from 
being completely prepared when he received the note, and made Hagrid's 
intervention necessary.

In the case of a totally Muggle-born witch or wizard, you would think that 
they would send, at the very least, much more detailed instructions or even 
a representative, either from the school or from the Ministry, to explain 
the situation and make sure that there were no misunderstandings. Hermione 
mentions no representative, just the note, but she may just be being 
uncharacteristically brief. <bg>

After all, all it would take is a trip to the Leaky Cauldron, a tavern that 
*only your child can see and guide you into* to make me start rethinking 
reality.

J

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