[HPforGrownups] Is Hermione a mother-figure?

[Gina Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 53779


grace701 <grace701 at yahoo.com> wrote: My friend, whom I recently bought PoA as a birthday present, has 
made an analysis.  She says that Hermione is like a mother to Harry 
and Ron.  I told her I don't see that.  She broke it down for me:
"Yeah sometimes... she tells them that they are not to do this and 
not to do that... she helps out in a motherly way that's all.  I am 
not saying that she is trying to be their mother, just trying to 
help them out to do good things and not get themselves in trouble."

So what do you guys think?  I really can't make a decision.  She 
does seem motherly, but I can't help but think of Bossy!Hermione.  
Is it because she's an only child?  

<snip>
Pardon the extreme use of Freud.  But I've always seen HRH as kind of an "id" "ego" "superego" team.  Ron is always pulling Harry away from responsibility (id).  He's the friend Harry has fun with.  Plays games.  Goofs on homework.  Ron even once said he especially likes it when Hermione has tons of homework while he and Harry get to goof off in front of her.  On the other side is Hermione (superego).  Voice of reason.  Always looking to go to the library.  To take things to task and not put them off.  I think it's only "motherly" because she is a female.  She is about responsibility.
But Harry is the one in the middle.  He can't do without either one of them.  It affects him deeply when the trio are not in harmony.  Too much Hermione and he spends all his time studying.  Too much Ron and he'll NEVER study.  And Harry, in addition to needing them, also brings them together.  Hermione needs some fun in her life and Ron needs to be serious sometimes.
Gina



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