[HPforGrownups] Re: On Why Hermione is a Gryffindor

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 55127

Erika wrote:
>I agree that Hermione values more than just wisdom. However, I 
>would also like to add another quote from PS/SS from when we first 
>meet Hermione on the Hogwarts Express:
 
>"Do either of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking 
>around and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best, I 
>hear Dumbledore himself was one, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't 
>be too bad..." p79-80 Canadian edition

Greicy:
I wonder what exactly made her want to be in Gryffindor.  She 
obviously knows she's smart so why not have Raveclaw as her first 
chioce?

Me:
I think it's a question of what she values. Yes, she values intelligence and wisom. Highly, as is very obvious. But she values other things more--such as bravery, as she says in PS/SS ("There are more important things--friendship and bravery..." 287, US Paperback). So from there it's natural for her to want to be in the House that values the same things she does.

--Taryn

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