Minor Hermione Rant ( Was Re: Things that will come into play later.)

[purrlygirlie]

No: HPFGUIDX 79432

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Fred Uloth <prof_uloth at h...> 
wrote:
> At 07:14 AM 8/31/2003 -0400, mom31 wrote:
> 
> >4.  Why was Ron's role somewhat weakened in this book and Hermione's 
> >elevated?  I'm not talking about shipping here.  Yes, Ron was off doing 
> >his own stuff, which has to be important later.  Why couldn't he have 
> >succeeded on his own, and still contributed more with Harry and everyone 
> >else.  He was at the MoM, but he was put with Ginny and Luna, not Harry 
> >and Hermione.  Plus, JKR had him acting all stupid there.  He also kept 
> >himself distant from Harry by refusing to offer his opinion several times, 
> >even when Harry was about to do something dangerous.  Hermione and 
Harry 
> >were very close in this book.  Why did JKR need to strengthen their bond 
> >even more?  It makes me worry for Hermione in the next book!
> 
Purrly (who can't seem to keep her opinions to herself tonight...today..darn 
insomnia):
   Hermione might have had more "screen time" in this book, but what was 
done with it.  Ron need to go off on his own, that was important for his 
developement as a character.  And he did grow.
  Hermione on the other hand...well I don't think you could say anything about 
her at the end of OotP that wouldn't've also been true at the end of GoF.  Okay, 
she's now a prefect (as expected) and can say LV's name.  But she has 
learned nothing about how to better appraoch her activism, she still may or 
may not be romantically interested  Victor, Ron, or Harry, and in general she 
added nothing to the story but exposition, and the example of what everyone 
"should" have been doing or thinking.  Okay, she trapped Umbridge, but she 
trapped the evil female (Rita Skeeter) in GoF, too.  We already knew she 
could be cunning and tough in dealing with baddies.
  True, she was more mature, and self-assured than Ron to begin and more 
fully developed than Ginny and Neville.  And I'm glad that they all got a 
chance to shine.  Still, I hope that in book 6 Hermione will finally be wrong so 
that she can learn from her own mistakes instead of pointing out others.
  Don't get me wrong, I love Hermione.  That's why I'm so disappointed that 
she seemed to remain stagnat while everyone else had such wonderful 
growth.