Hermione acting out-of-character

[brandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 111293

Jekatiska:
> It's not out of character, though. Remember what she said about
> Firenze being the new divination teacher: "I don't really like horses"
> and "he still has four legs". Hermione doesn't understand centaurs -
> or even house-elves for that matter. She's brilliant when it comes to
> human behaviour, spells, and book knowledge. But - maybe because of
> her muggle background - she doesn't understand other magical
> creatures. This is something they don't really teach at Hogwarts, nor
> is it something that can be learned from a book. The insight to the
> thinking of other creatures than humans can only come from experience
> and open-mindedness. I guess it could be a kind of analogy for
> understanding other cultures in the muggle world.


That's a good point - I hadn't thought of it in relationship to her 
attitude on house elves. She does seem to have a general problem with understanding the minds of non-human sentient creatures.

-Brandy