[HPforGrownups] Re: What is Hermione afraid of?

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 80414



Hi,

Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 3:41:52 PM, Jim wrote:

> I have a hard time
> believing that, by this point in the saga that a bad grade is what
> frightens Hermione most.

But, as several other people have already explained much
better, it's not  really "a bad grade" or even a whole bunch of bad
grades that Hermione is afraid of.
I, and others, feel Hermione's boggart stands for failure on
a much deeper level.

> Now what would it mean if Harry had another encounter with Dementors
> and his boggart was now a dead Hermione?

It hasn't come up, so I'm not going to speculate ;)

I'm sure at times it would have been a possibility, for
example at the moment he thought she might be dead.
At another time it might have been dead Ron or dead Sirius.

While some people may have the kind of phobia that stays
with them all their lives and overrides any other fear, I
believe many people would have a boggart turn into any
number of things at different times, depending on the
situation.

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