Why is Hermione in Gryffindor?

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 108890

Udderpd <udderpd at y...> wrote:
> I can think of two reasons:
> 
> Either she is braver than she is clever. No doubting that she is a 
> very brave girl but she is also exceptionaly clever, still maybe it's 
> this? 
> 
> Or the sorting hat put in Gryffindor because it knew that that 
> would be where she would be needed. Was she put there to help Harry?  
> 
> We know that the Sorting Hat does a lot more than just sort First 
> Years. 
> 
> She definately appears to be where she needs to be.


>From Yblitzka:
Well, it is my belief that the Sorting Hat is *NEVER* wrong. EVER. If 
the hat put her in Gryffindor, then that is where she belongs. Her 
true "colors" are bravery, and a penchant for breaking the rules when 
she has to, so she is probably more suited for Gryffindor than 
Ravenclaw.

I don't think the hat thought she needed to be in Gryffindor to help 
Harry. Remember, Harry hadn't been sorted yet, and the hat said he'd 
do well in Slytherin (even though I don't think the hat was 
*actually* going to put him there; his bravery in the books, plus not 
being concerned with merely saving his own neck, proves he belongs in 
Gryffindor, and not Slytherin).

The hat sees whatever is in the student, even if the student doesn't 
see it. Otherwise, Neville would probably be in Hufflepuff. I think 
that at the proverbial moment of truth, each character will prove 
exactly /why/ the hat put him/her in the house he/she is in.

~Yb