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

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 81448

<"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.


<Jessryn wrote>
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."
______________________________________________________________________

Hello all, Fred Waldrop here

I agree with Doriane more than I do with Jessryn.
Yes, in the beginning Hermione had a close relationship with her 
parents, but canon does not support that anymore. 
In the first year, PS/SS, Hermione went home to see her parents as 
much as possible, (for christmas and summer holidays). In the second 
year, CoS, she stays at school for christmas, same in the third year, 
PoA. By the time the forth year arrives, she not only stays at school 
for christmas but we also see her not staying home during summer 
vaction. She goes to Ron's house, and we are not sure how long she 
was there before Harry gets there.
And in OotP, we are not sure if she even goes home for the summer 
holidays, she cancels her christmas vaction with her parents and 
walks away from her parents at the train station to stand with the 
rest of the witchs and wizards to "bully" the Duersleys.
So, I think that in 5 years we can see how a "muggle-born" witch can 
change how she feels about muggles she loves (not saying she doesn't 
love her family, just that she feels separated from them), just think 
how someone that has been a witch for over 60 years would feel about 
muggles.

Just my opinion;
Fred