Hermione In Trouble?

[Bill and Diana Sowers]

No: HPFGUIDX 120614



> Furthermore Hermione is developing a rather subtle ruthless streak 
> with her cursing of the DA scroll, the blackmailing of Rita and 
> almost trying to get Umbridge killed by the centuars. If anything 
I 
> expect her to get her comeuppance if she continues her present 
> course.

The dictionary defines "ruthless" as:

"Having no compassion or pity; merciless: ruthless cruelty; ruthless 
opportunism."

Cursing the DA scroll was a calculatin measure to protect the many 
from the few.

Revealing Rita's animagus right after discovering it would have 
probably sent Rita to Askaban.  Hermione merely shut her up at first 
and then brought her back to help Harry in battling the Daily 
Prophet/Fudge.  In the end I would guess that Rita's article brought 
back some of her journalistic integrity... if that word can be 
applied to Rita!

Leading Dolores Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest was an act of 
desperation (preventing the cruciatus being performed on Harry which 
might have cost the lives of others as well), hardly well calculated 
and with no real goal in sight when first planned other than 
possibly disarming Umbridge.

If anything Hermione usually reacts out of great compassion and even 
pity.  She does not always act well, even under the best of plans.  
She sometimes overreacts, makes mistakes, gets too emotionally 
involved, but I would not call her ruthless.

Bill