Hermione's Greatest Fear

[lindseyharrisst]

No: HPFGUIDX 87419

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "crisagi1" <cristina at p...> 
wrote:
> 
> > 
> > So, what is Hermione's greatest fear, and why wouldn't Lupin 
allow
> > that to materialize in the classroom?  How would he know what her
> > greatest fear is?  Does it have something to do with her having
> > figured out that Lupin is a werewolf? (But I don't think Lupin 
> knows
> > that until later in the book.)
> 
Crissy said ; during her final examination, she had to face a 
boggart and it 
> turned into Prof. Mcgonnagal telling her she failed her subjects.
> I don't think that Lupin purposefully didn't want her to face the 
> boggart. 

Sorry if this seems a flippant post as it's so short, but I always 
thought the only reason she did n't get to tackle the boggart was 
that she answered the question about what one was at the beginning 
of class (I think). Lupin was just giving everyone a chance to 
participate in the class somehow, typical teacherly tactic to see 
who cooperates by answering the first question and then make sure 
the rest of the class participates so one child does n't hog all the 
lesson time and the others can be assessed, rather than letting them 
avoid it. It might be a sort of incentive - if you volunteer 
something once you get left alone, so if you know the answer it's 
the safest tactic. In addition, when Lavender and Parvati did see 
the moon-boggart they thought it was a crystal ball.
Snapesangel