McGonagall a Muggle? (Was: Did I Miss Something?)

[jessrynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 81419

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:

> Is it because she doesn't explain 
> things to them, because they are not interested in knowing her 
> wizarding life, or because she *thinks* they couldn't understand 
> anyway ? Do you see how this last line of reasoning could lead, 
after 
> a few decades of complete immersion in the WW, to the kind of 
> comments McGonagall made about Muggles ? So I don't necessarily 
> consider those comments as a proof that she's not Muggle-born.

It has always seemed to me that Hermione has as close of a 
relationship with her parents that someone in her situation can have. 
I see her explaining things about her life to them. Somethings, 
however, you just have to see to understand. Quidditch, for example, 
from the discription we get in the books, I was still confused and 
couldn't quite imagine the game. Seeing it visually on the screen 
helped me a lot. She is also prohibited from using magic in front of 
them so demonstration cannot help them understand.

I took the statement that you mentioned as meaning there was finally 
something she didn't have to explain indepth for her parents to 
understand. She could just say, "Mum, Dad, I made Prefect," and they 
could reply, "That's great."

Jessryn