Generational Parallels - who is Lily?

[hermy_luna81]

No: HPFGUIDX 78454


> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lily_paige_delaney" 
> <lily_paige_delaney at y...> wrote:
> > Based on the tiny hint we saw about Lily in OoP who do you think 
> > of the current generation most fits her character?
> > 
> > It needs to be someone who isn't afraid to stand up for 
> > themselves or others but who also obviously has a sense of humour and 
> > someone who has a strong sense of right and wrong.
> > 
> > The two obvious female candidates to me are Ginny or Hermoine.
> > 
> > LPD
"Donna" <deemarie1a at y...> wrote:
> Most definately Ginny.  There are parallels between Ginny and 
> Lily. Ginny is a strong female as was Lily.  She is very good at cursing 
> her brothers, Lily was strong at charms.  She even reminds us of 
> Lily physically as both have red hair.
> 
> Wasn't it Ginny who freed the others from Draco and his cronies in 
> Umbridge's office?
> 
> D

Couldn't it possibly be Hermione? The first similarity I see between 
Lily and Hermione is that they were both Muggle-born. Hermione is 
strong like Lily and just as clever...if not more (don't you see her 
becoming Head Girl like Lily when she reaches seventh year?)As far as 
being good at Charms, we can assume that Hermione is very good in the 
area as well, since she is pretty much good at everything. However, I 
think the important point concerning that topic would have to do with 
their wands. We know that Lily's wand was particularly good for 
charms. However, even up until now, we have not a clue as to what 
Hermione's wand is specifically good for or what it is made of.

We know Hermione is never afraid to stand up for herself. How many 
times have we seen her do it, especially in dealing with Malfoy and 
his cronies? She was never once afraid to argue with Professor 
Umbridge about her teaching.That's only two points among MANY others.

Hermione knows the difference between right and wrong and she's never 
afraid to call Ron or Harry out when she thinks that they're wrong in 
what they're doing...though, she can't always stop them. More 
importantly though, she's not afraid to fight for what's right and to 
risk her life to do the right thing...I think that was proven in the 
entirety of OotP. Especially at the end.

More importantly, though, a trait that I found in both Lily and 
Hermione is that they're not afraid to stand up for 
others...especially the less fortunate. Like Lily, Hermione, now, 
always stands up for Snape (oops sorry PROFESSOR Snape) whenever 
Harry or Ron insult him or suspect of him of trying to harm Harry. 
She has done this pretty much throughout the series and I find that 
pretty poignant even though Snape is pretty horrible to Hermione, 
just like he was horrible to Lily.

As for sense of humor...well Hermione could use a little bit of work 
in that area. But as she gets older she is easing off a bit, she is 
learning to have more fun. She can and does laugh, if only people 
would give her the chance.After she laughs with Krum, laughs with 
Ginny and Mrs. Weasley...Harry and Ron just fail to see that light 
side of her.

So while Ginny may be the physical generational parallel of Lily, I 
think that when it comes to abilities and personality, Hermione and 
Lily are much more similar.

Right, well then, that is my spiel...I hope I did all right as this 
was my first ever post.

~Emily~