Reintroducing myself and a question (second impressions of OoP)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 91914

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Miss Melanie 
<ms_melanie1999 at y...> wrote:
>snip<
> I just wanted to know if you have read the book over again, or 
what not, if your perspective of it had changed a bit or not?  
  
> I just finished my second reading of the book, and I must say 
>that .my thoughts did not really change a great deal in between 
>these readings.  However, one thing that did change a  bit upon 
>second reading was my thoughts on Hermione.  I adore the girl a 
>great deal, but she is quite self-centered and I am becoming more 
>aware of that by the day.  She is very concerned with her own 
>agenda and what is important to her.  And she is not afraid to get 
>what she wants at the expense of other things, I mean she DOES 
>break rules.  Lots of them in fact and she consistently does 
>somewhat dangerous things.  I realize that she does  these things 
>with good reason.  And for the most part I do not have a problem 
>with her actions.  However, something I do find myself wondering if 
>there isn't a bit of Slytherin in her.  

To the first question:
In re-reading the series I see lots of puns that you can't 
understand till later and a good bit of foreshadowing that just 
leaps out at you.  I'm willing to forgive JKR any errors of numbers 
given the amazing detail she's put into these books.

Hermione with a bit of Slytherin?:
  Stepping into the Potterverse a moment here, I can imagine 
Wizarding parents "guessing" which house their child will be sorted 
into to. "That was a Slytherin thing to do!" or "He sounds so much 
like a Hufflepuff!"  And of course, people do have more than one 
trait which makes it hard to anticipate.

I also think there is very little difference between Gryffindors and 
Slytherins. Both go after a goal with intensity. Dumbledore 
(reportedly a Gryffindor) is always bending rules and even breaking 
them for the greater good. OK, so maybe he wouldn't use "any" 
means....but where exactly do you draw the line? It is a fine line 
between "using any means" and doing something questionable "for the 
greater good."

A bit of Slytherin in Hermione?  You bet!

Potioncat (who wonders what mischief 12 year old Salazar and 
Goderick managed.)



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