Cho

[Madeleine]

No: HPFGUIDX 50257

I agree with Kelly.  I think Cho makes a lot of major choices and decisions that show a strength of character and maturity level that is not seen in many of the other characters.  She doesn't follow the crowd, she finds her own way through life.  Even if it means publically going against what others, including her friends are doing (ie. Cho not wearing the badge, even when she is surrounded by friends wearing badges).  I like Cho and I think she is an excellent role model.
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 "Kelly L. <kethlenda at yahoo.com>" <kethlenda at yahoo.com> wrote:Petra and Maria were discussing Cho Chang and why people 
dislike her--a snip of the conversation:

> Petra: 
> > In other words, what choices has she made
> > that led you to dislike her so?
> 
> Maria: 
> > Cho didn't make any choices. That's part of why
> > I don't like her. She's just this neutral
> > character in the background that for some
> > reason occupies Harry's thoughts and *this
> > annoys me*.

What do we see?  A girl who 
doesn't wear the mean-spirited "Cedric Diggory/Potter Stinks" 
badges, even when all of her friends do.  Even though it's 
possible that she and Cedric were dating even then.  A girl who 
doesn't giggle at Harry when he tries to ask her out, even when 
her friends do.  And a girl who is polite to Harry as she turns him 
down.  She has a sort of independence and dignity that I like; 
many teenage girls are much more swayed by the crowd than 
she is.