Hermione's Greatest Fear

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 87583

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lindseyharrisst"
<lindseyharrisst at h...> wrote:
> --- 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

Carol: 
I don't think Lupin would have objected to giving Hermione extra
points for both the boggart and the question she answered. I just
think that he had a good sense of what her boggart and didn't want her
to be laughed at. Imagine if he'd been a member of that class as a
child and had to reveal his own boggart. Even if his classmates (other
than WPP) hadn't figured out its significance, they might well have
laughed at it. Afraid of the moon (or a crystal ball)! So I think he
was just being kind to Hermione.

Carol