Hermione's fear (WAS Lupin's sense of humor )

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 84105

Jen wrote:

> Hermione is the interesting one. Lupin wouldn't know anything about 
> her, being Muggle-born. I guess he could know about the basilisk 
> from Dumbledore. If a boggart/dementor can cause Harry to feel the 
> same as a real dementor, could a boggart/basilisk actually petrify 
> or kill someone? If so, then they wouldn't let Hermione face a 
> boggart in her end-of-term exam (where she *said* she saw 
McGonagall 
> telling her she failed--I don't buy that!).

Why not, out of curiosity?  Hermione fears failure.  A boggart 
obviously can't appear as such an abstract concept, so he takes the 
most current form of it, i.e. failure of the current task, her exams.

I don't have any problem believing that to be Hermione's worst fear.  
If a person begins to be identified by success, as Hermione is, both 
by herself and by others, then failing to live up to expectations 
(either her own or others') can be devastating.  

-Corinth