2 Maddening Questions

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 <senderellabrat at a...> wrote:
> Ok... These two questions have really really bugged me constantly. 
> 
> #1- In SS, *why* did Hermione lie to McGonagall and say she read 
> about the trolls and thought she could take them on? 
>snip< 

> #2- WHY WHY WHY didn't Harry say anything about that digusting, 
> revolting, macabre quill of Professor Toads and the detentions? 
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For the first, I think Hermione wanted to completely take the 
blame.  If she'd said she was upset, McGonagall would have asked why 
and to a certain extent could have been blamed the boys for causing 
Hermione to be there in the first place. By taking on the blame, she 
cleared them. Just think, this led to the friendship.  It's been 
suggested that without friends,Hermione could have ended up like 
Snape! (Oops, that's a different thread.)

As for the second, I think he was mad at everyone anyway and 
McGonagall hadn't been very sympathetic the previous time he'd 
gotten in trouble with Umbridge. So he stuck it out. Punishments at 
this school are pretty bad and no one complains: spending the night 
in the forest, cleaning bed pans, detentions that go from 8 p.m. 
till midnight.  Someone else had to use the quill too, but doesn't 
seem to have complained either.  

I wonder what would have happened?  One thing I've noticed is that 
no genuine Hogwarts teacher uses magic as punishment.  Not even 
Snape.

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