[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione and the Grangers (some OOP)

[marilyn at gehennom.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 66225

> 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?

and Darrin added:
> 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. 

There's also the fact that Hermione hasn't spent Christmas or major
parts of summer vacation with her parents in years.  It's supposedly not
as big of a deal as it is here in the US, but I'm 22 and I still haven't
missed a Christmas with my parents.  :)  

Only in the latest did Hermione mention their sadness at Christmas break
without her.  But maybe Hermione feels the same way as JKR: "They're
*dentists!*  There's not much there to tell!"  Hermione's just gotten
too many tastes of excitment to hang out with the dentists!

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