self-confident Hermione? Re: [HPforGrownups] Cho; It's time to defend Ginny! (some SHIP)

[karywick <karenwickersham@ameritech.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:

> 
> I've seen several people mention that they see Hermione as
> very self-confident.
> 
> Is this how most readers interpret her personality?
> 
> Because I'm not so sure. Her over-drive to learn and be the
> best could also be a cover for insecurity.
> 
> After all, she is a muggle-born witch and may feel she has
> something to prove (to herself, the WW, her parents?),
> and her tendency to figure everything out
> before telling someone makes me wonder if she's trying to be
> sure, so she won't be caught making a mistake.
> 
I really think that Hermione would be an over-achiever regardless of 
whether she went to a muggle school or a wizard school.  As a high 
school teacher I see many bright to just above average females who 
happen to be only children who have personalities just like this. 
They worry about every point missed on an assignment, not just about 
getting an A. In fact my daughter, who is five, unfortunately is a 
lot like Hermione, bossy, a know it all, a tattle-tale and an 
overachiever already.  I was that way as a kid. (Although I wasn't an 
only child, I only wished I was as a kid.  I never said I was a nice 
kid.) ;-) 

Is there anything in canon that suggest she has brothers and sisters?

Kary