OOP: Re: Ron and Hermione in OOTP

[Sue Porter]

No: HPFGUIDX 64769

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, phoenixtears288 at c... wrote:
> "gabnai1" <gabnai1 at y...> wrote:
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> >I am especially disappointed that Hermione's character has not 
been 
> >further developed.nbsp; Almost all other major charactes were, 
even Ron - 
> >becoming a prefect and a Quidditch star, and not so much just a 
side-
> >kick of Harry - but Hermione just continued doing what she did 
> >before.nbsp; The elf hats were never resolved, either.nbsp; 
Hermione needs to 
> >have the revelation that what she thinks is best for someone maybe 
> >different in a different culture.nbsp; Maybe JKR forgot to resolve 
that 
> >and it was supposed to be in there?
> >
>  Paige Woods' Reply: 
> 
>    I was also a little unnerved about that. It *does* seem that 
Hermione hasn't done a lot of developing. True, she *has* loosened up 
a tad, but that isn't much developing. But looking at it in 
retrospect, how can you make Hermione develop without messing up her 
personility and hobbies? 
> 
>    ~Paige Woods~

Actually I think hermoine has developed quite a lot really. She still 
knows everything and every story needs a good brain BUT she is also 
very clever and quick thinking which was not fully developed in the 
previous books. How smart was luring the umbridge poor excuse for a 
person into the forest to let the centaurs deal with her? Unless its 
just me, but when I was reading that scene, I was thinking that there 
was no way out for them, and then she comes up with that. Another 
classic.
Sue