OOP: Boys & Girls in the Potter World

[Patricia Vepari]

No: HPFGUIDX 67643

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
> Hermione is 15 going on 45. She is a smart cookie, book-wise, and 
has 
> a good understanding of how Ron and Harry think. But, she has a 
> special relationship with them. We haven't seen her in a 
> boyfriend/girlfriend situation yet. Viktor doesn't count. 
> 
> What I find a bit off-putting about her is that she seems blessed 
> with very precise insights on lots of people, including adults, 
that 
> I find a little too precocious for someone of her age. I read 
> someplace that JKR uses either Dumbledore or Hermione to present 
the 
> reader with important explanatory information.  So, we have 
Hermione 
> giving pithy one-sentence summaries that effectively highlight key 
> elements of the characters (see her statements about Sirius). Her 
> reads on characters are often correct - she just seems too young 
with 
> too little life experience and relationship experience to have 
quite 
> the level of understanding that she's presented as having.
> 
> Did that make sense?
> 
> Marianne

I have no problem with Hermione being that perceptive despite having 
a lack of actual relationship experience. I know people like that 
who are a) Hermione's age b)don't have a lot of friends but still c)
know a lot about other people's inner workings. And I myself seem to 
surprise people with my understanding of characters and 
relationships even though I never dated and never had many friends. 

So just my few cents on this

Patricia