OOP: A small annoyance

ratalman ratalman at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 24 19:02:44 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 63149



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "txjen70" 
<jen60565 at a...> wrote:
> Another small annoyance I have found with Hermione is her 
using the 
> name Voldemort.  For 4 years she has reacted just as 
everyone else 
> has when hearing Harry use his name, but now that she has 
decided to 
> say it aloud she gets impatiant when others react the same 
way she 
> used to.  I know that Harry does, but the difference is he has 
never 
> feared the name.  He never startled at the sound of it.  So 
because 
> she has decided that the time has come for her to say his 
name 
> without fear, she suddenly expects everyone else to be able to 
> also.  I don't know why, but there are many things about 
Hermione 
> that annoy me in this book.

I have always found it odd that Hermione would react with horror, 
as non-muggle borns do, to the name Voldemort, considering 
that prior to her acceptance to Hogwarts she had never 
(presumably) even heard of him, just like Harry.
--Robyn





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