Hermione's Sigh

Arya dequardo at waisman.wisc.edu
Thu Jan 22 06:27:18 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 89359

 "Robert Jones" <jones.r.h.j at w...> wrote:
 
> Can someone explain the significance of the sigh to me?  Not being a 
> 15 year old girl, I don't understand.
> 
> It could mean: 
> 
> (1) She thinks Ron is worse at expressing his feelings towards her, 
> and she wishes Ron were better at it.
> 
> (2) Ron has been expressing his feelings toward her, and she wishes 
> he would stop annoying her because she is not interested.
> 
> (3) Ron has been expressing his feelings toward her, and she likes 
> it and wants him to actually do something about it..
> 
> (4) She wishes Harry would be "worse than" Ron here and express his 
> feelings about her.
> 
> (5) She thinks all boys are jerks when it comes to expressing 
> feelings.
> 
> Any other possibilities?  Help.

Arya now:  And this is the crux of the whole debate.  It could indeed mean 
any one of these things, or, even a mixture of several combined.  Hormones.  
Nothing you can read in a book makes *them* go away.  





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