OOP: Luna! The new Hermione??

[davydarmstrong]

No: HPFGUIDX 66589

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brooke" <brookeshanks at m...> 
wrote:
> In the first four books I always felt like Hermione was JKR's 
> surrogate character in most situations. Now, after reading OOP, I 
> see some very interesting things about Luna that make me think that 
> JKR may be transferring herself vicariously from Hermione to Luna. 

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I've always felt that Harry and Ron and Hermione were *all* JKR's 
surrogate characters:
Harry - all alone, nobody to love me
Ron - everything I own is crap
Hermione - swot