[HPforGrownups] Marietta and Hermione (was JKR's Messages ) (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 120884



> Del replies:
>In my church, the worst opposition we have to face where teenagers are
>concerned is peer pressure

<snip because I agree>

> So I have absolutely no problem believing that Marrietta would go to
> those meetings simply because Cho implored her to.
>
> Charme wrote:
> " Marietta had a choice and she chose to go, and chose to reveal the
> group.  If we go back to DD's statement in CoS it's all about the
> choices we make, isn't it?  And the substance or basis of the
> septology JKR's created has to do with making the right choice, not
> the easy one, correct?"
>
> Del replies:
> Which do you think was easier : keep going to the meetings quietly (or
> maybe just not going anymore), or reporting the group to Umbridge?
> Marrietta didn't have to report the group to anyone, and yet she did
> it. This to me strongly indicates that reporting the group was what
> she thought was the right thing to do.

> Charme wrote:
> "If we go along those lines the logical right choice would have been
> for Marietta to say no to Cho and not go at all. "
>
> Del replies:
> According to what Cho says, it seems like Marrietta did say no to Cho,
> but Cho didn't take that for an answer.
>

charme again -

Actually if I take your statement regarding your experience in your church, 
peer pressure and teenagers, I think perhaps saying no and not bowing to the 
peer pressure to attend may be more difficult choice for Ms. Marietta. :) 
Logically, (and this is an extreme to make my point) unless someone held her 
hostage and threatened her physically, there would have been no reason to 
go. And I don't think Cho, being her friend, did that. :)