[HPforGrownups] Re: Ghosts / Hermione & parents /

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 102450

| From: serenadust
| Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 0:45 AM
| I don't share your impression.  I found it odd and somewhat
| disturbing that in the nearly 2 years from the middle of the summer
| at the beginning of GoF until the very end of OOP, Hermione spends
| only a week or two with her parents.  During this period, she goes
| from age 13 (if you accept the premise that she was born Sept. 19,
| 1980) to age 15 3/4 with practically no personal contact with them,
| beyond owls.  I'm surprised that they even recognise her at the end
| of OOP!

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[Lee]:
And, at the end of OOTP, there was a lot of hugging and affection from
Hermione's parents; estranged parents wouldn't, IMO, act in such a manner
toward their daughter.

I believe that Hermione is a very independent young lady who loves her folks
very much.  Perhaps, in her own sense of teenage rebellion, she's choosing
where she wants to be, the Grangers see the Weasleys as responsible people
and don't mind.

As far as the whole prefect thing is concerned, that doesn't sound cold to
me; it sounds like Hermione's giving them information she knows they can
relate to, rather than overwhelming them with more wizarding stuff.  She
knows her parents can relate to things like top grades (re the OWLs) and
cool titles (prefect.)

As far as lying about staying at school to study and then hopping over to
GP, like...tell me you didn't sometimes tell your parents one thing and do
another when you were a teen? :-)  And, she knew Harry really needed a
boost.  I'm sure that, when Dd told her what had happened, her first thought
was what could she do to help Harry and be a friend and support.  Telling
her folks any part of the story might have been as good as divulging
classified information, in her thinking.

No...if there had been any estrangement, I don't think her interaction with
her Mum and Dad at the end of OOPT would have been so close.

Cheers,

Lee :-)
(Who really likes the Grangers.) :-)

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