[HPforGrownups] Re: What's wrong with being bad ?

[Miss Melanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 102021

Sean wrote: I could believe that JKR might have something like what you 
describe in mind if if five books, she'd ever given us the 
impression that the Muggle world was a better one than the 
Wizarding World.

But for the life of me, offhand, I can't think of a single case.

The two Wizards we see most with real experience of both - Harry 
and Hermione. I'm pretty sure I know what they would choose.

That doesn't mean they might not like to see a few things changed - 
Hermione would definitely like to liberate the House Elves, of 
course. But overall I think we are presented with a Wizarding World 
more attractive than the Muggle one.

My reply:  That's really not fair to make that statement.  I mean of course Harry and Hermione prefer the wizarding world over the muggle one they are better suited for it.  We don't know this for sure but I get the impression that Hermione was a bit of an outsider in the muggle world.  I believe in the first book *granted I don't have it on me so I can't look to be sure* but she says something to the effect of "I never really fit in but my family was very surprised when I got my letter.  I'm the first witch."  To me that implies that she found herself able to see things, or do things that other children were not able to do.  We know Harry had incidences of "accidental" magic before going to school and based on what Hagrid asks in SS/PS we can assume that most wizard children, muggle or pure, do these things.  Thus, I'm sure a witch with Hermione's talent did some accidental magic as well.  I don't know for sure but I can assume that if she did this in the muggle world that it
 confused her and her parents greatly.  She felt that she was a bit of an outsider to it, even if her parents did not do anything directly to make her feel that way.  
 
Thus, even if she enjoys the muggle world and finds that muggles are able to create a wonderful lives in it she can't really feel that she belongs in that world.  She wants to be with other people who are like her.  However, that doesn't mean that she thinks the magical world is better only different. 
 
~Melanie

		
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