Why Characters Do What--No Fault--Long

[melodiousmonkey]

No: HPFGUIDX 101086

Lee <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> Just to put some things on what I hope will be a more level playing 
> field, let's examine some of the HP characters and their life 
> difficulties.  In this way, maybe we can see their motivations for 
> their actions.  
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> Hermione--She, too, has what seems to be a great home life; her 
> parents' support, and, as Dentists, they probably make enough money 
> to handle the expenses of their daughter's most unusual school.  
> However, I don't recall anywhere mentioning brothers and sisters, so 
> Hermione may be an only child.  This can be tough and lonely, plus 
> she's now straddling the fence between the muggle world and wizard 
> world.  When she's with her parents, how much can she share about her 
> life in the WW?  
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Good post!  Just one quick comment you might find interesting - JK 
said in an interview (I forget which one) that she'd always imagined 
Hermione having a younger sister, but the sister never made an 
appearance and JK feels it might be too late now.  I suppose 
Hermione's sister still played a part in the way JK shaped Hermione 
as a character.  JK has also said that some of her younger self is in 
Hermione, and JK has a younger sister..so I kind of imagine Hermione 
as having a sibling around in the long summer break, even though 
she's never made it into the book.

Monkey