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

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No: HPFGUIDX 79439

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "purrlygirlie" 
<purrlygirlie at w...> wrote:
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.

Laura:

She clearly has a lot to learn about tact, though.  Everything she 
said about or to the centaurs made me cringe.  So there's definitely 
room for improvement.

Hermione may be suffering from substitute parent syndrome-that is, of 
the trio, she has had to be the smartest, most self-controlled, most 
thoughtful and generally most grown-up, because Harry and Ron are 
still likely to act like a couple of goofballs.  Once she sees that 
they are growing up and can be trusted to behave a little more 
reliably, she may feel able to relax and open herself up a bit more.