Hermione's growth

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No: HPFGUIDX 81935

Debbie (wondering if anyone made it to the end) wrote at that very 
end:

<<She [Hermione] needs to work *with* those that she cares about, 
not *for* them.  This is how I see Hermione's potential tragic flaw 
playing out. She sums it up herself, in ch. 31 of OOP:

"On Friday, Harry and Ron had a day off while Hermione sat her 
Ancient 
Runes exam . . . .They stretched and yawned beside the open window - 
when
the portrait hole opened and Hermione clambered in, looking 
thoroughly 
bad-tempered.
'How were the Runes?' said Ron, yawning and stretching.
'I mis-translated ehwaz,' said Hermione furiously. 'It means 
partnership, not defence; I mixed it
up with eihwaz.'
'Ah well,' said Ron lazily, 'that's only one mistake, isn't it, 
you'll 
still get -'
'Oh, shut up!' said Hermione angrily. 'It could be the one mistake 
that 
makes the difference
between a pass and a fail.'"

To paraphrase only slightly, for Hermione this could be the 
difference between success and tragic failure. >>



I really like your point of view, even if my thoughts about this 
scene were completely different before (and probably not that 
elaborated):
Wasn't it very amusing, how JKR was (once again) able to point out 
in one tiny, little paragraph the main *problem* in the relationship 
between the two speakers? Weren't Ron and Hermione always arguing in 
OOTP? Always trying to defend their points of view against each 
other (even if completely unnecessary)? Why?
Because not only in a Rune exam you get confused by the meaning 
of 'ehwaz' and 'eihwaz', don't you? Being at HP for Grown Ups, this 
should be recognized as a rather common fault

Just thinking if this leads me to the R/H route


Sunnyi