[HPforGrownups] Hermione and the Grangers (some OOP)

[Maidlyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 66437


--- Scott <insanus_scottus at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Overall I can't decide if it feels like Hermione is
> at fault here or 
> if her parents are. I suppose there's always the
> alternative that 
> *no one* is at fault, but I still feel a subtext of
> "strained parent 
> child relationship" whenever the Grangers are
> mentioned. 
> I don't pretend to know much about the psyche of a
> typical British 
> Boarding school child, but I find it odd that they
> never seem to get 
> homesick (especially Hermione and other muggle-borns
> and esp. during 
> the first year or two). I know Harry isn't going to
> miss the 
> Dursley's but for someone like Hermione, coming from
> what one hopes 
> is a loving and supportive household and going into
> a whole new 
> world (literally), this can't be that easy. And at
> eleven? I don't 
> think I would've felt comfortable departing from my
> family at this 
> age; can anyone who lived in a boarding school speak
> of their own 
> experiences?
> 
I write: This has puzzled me too. It is possible that
in OOP she is at Grimmauld palace because Dumbledore
is afraid that she might be attacked. I did actually
go to boarding school but I loved coming home.
Everyone went home for Christmas and Easter and we
were all glad too. I mean school got boring after
awhile. About homesickness I was homesick in the
beginning and it was hard! I imagine that initally
being muggle born at Hogwarts would be quite difficult
I mean, a new school and subjects you never even knew
existed. If I were the Grangers I would be kind of
annoyed that my only child spent so much time away
from home. (I am assuming she is an only child, she
doesn't ever mention siblings but I don't want to
start a debate about that!) 
I'm guessing that what happened though is that JKR
made Hermione a muggle born and the smartest in their
class so as to show to us the reader and the people in
the books that being a pureblood doesn't make you a
better witch. But this means that as muggles her
parents don't really have any place in the story
because they aren't a part of the WW. It does seem a
shame though that they are missing out on their
daughter's growing up.

Maidlyn whose father has finally decided to start
reading OOP! Its about time I've had the book for over
a week!

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