Hermione and the Grangers (some OOP)

[grace701]

No: HPFGUIDX 66133

> Snip Scott's excellent analysis:
> 
> 
> > 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?

Darrin wrote:
> I'd also like to add that Hermione has been to the hospital wing 
four times 
> since the series started, twice for potentially life-threatening 
injuries.
> 
> She was turned into a cat in CoS, petrified in CoS, attacked by 
Dementors in 
> PoA and hit with a tooth-enlarging spell in GoF.
> 
> In all but one of the cases - the tooth-enlarging thing - she was 
in the hospital 
> for an extended period of time.  
> 
> Wouldn't the Grangers have gotten a letter? 
> 
> It just seems bizarre how hands-off they are. 


It's really quite annoying that with everything mentioned above by 
Darrin and the possibility that Hermione doesn't really get along 
with her parents by Scott, that JKR assumes that there's nothing 
else we should learn or know about the Grangers.  Yes the book is 
about Harry Potter, but inquiring minds would like to know:  What do 
Muggle parents think of their children being wizards?  Particular of 
why their daughter is always in the hospital wing. It'll only take a 
few paragraphs of Harry asking Hermione what her parents have to say 
and that's it.

I've come to realize though that Hermione, like Dean, hasn't been 
honest with her parents about her adventures, although if they were 
sent a letter for anytime she was in the hospital I would question 
why 2 out of 5 times she's been with Harry (you forgot about the OoP 
Darrin :p).  

Greicy