Hermione and the Grangers (some OOP)

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 66135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Scott" <insanus_scottus at y...> 
wrote: <snipping scott's wonderful analysis>
> I don't suppose that I considered this in any great detail, but 
when 
> Hermione hears about being a prefect and asks Harry if she can use 
> Hedwig, when she tells him "They'll be really pleased-- I mean 
> *prefect* is something they can understand."(Emphasis 
JKR's) ...well 
> it struck me that there might be some sadness and even bitterness 
in 
> her voice. After all, for all her accomplishments how much can her 
> parents really appreciate? Prefect yes, but top marks in 
> Transfiguration or Charms? Did any one else read this line this 
way, > or am I simply way too speculative? 

I understand what you're saying, Scott, but it is the way of the 
world that our parents don't understand us and that we choose lives 
different than theirs, according to our abilities. It may even be 
foreshadowing about Harry's relationship with his deceased parents. 

To misquote *Gods and Monsters*, an excellent movie, "It was like a 
giraffe was born into a family of farmers and, having no idea what to 
do with it, they hitched it to a plow." Hermione's life is going to 
be very different than her parents' and, while she loves them and 
sympathizes with them, she's managed to unhitch the plow and is 
loping away. 

It's hard to go back and make small talk about the plow. 

TK