[HPforGrownups] Hermione, Gilderoy, and What Makes a Gryffindor

[golden faile]

No: HPFGUIDX 55765

I Don't know Audra, I think he shows distinct Slytherin qualities if you ask me. Being a Gryffindor also has to do with choices. Gilderoy is too ambitious for his own good and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He doesn't seem to care who he hurts along the way. These don't seem like Gryffindor traits to me.  Laila 

Audra1976 at aol.com wrote:I was thinking that, if anything, Gilderoy Lockheart would have been in Gryffindor, and for the same reason that Hermione is in Gryffindor.  The Sorting Hat gets into an individual's mind and finds out what qualities that individual *prizes* in a good wizard, and matches them with the Founder that prized the same qualities.



Likewise, I think it's evident that Gilderoy Lockheart *prizes* bravery over cleverness, hard work, or power.  Even though he did not actually perform the brave acts he boasts of in his books, facing down all sorts of dangerous monsters, the image of the brave hero is wants he wants to proport for himself.  He wants to attain this brave, laughing-in-the-face-of-danger image over any other.  So clearly he indentifies most with the qualities prized by Godric Gryffindor.




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