The Sneak Mark (was "Slytherin" Hermione?)

[Jennifer]

No: HPFGUIDX 112856

> > >HunterGreen:
> >
> > I don't think Marietta thought it was wrong to
> > betray the DA; I think she thought telling Umbridge
> > was the right thing to do. She knew of a group of
> > kids who were breaking school and Ministry policies,
> > and thought it was wrong to keep that a secret.
> > [snip] I think she did what *she* thought was right,
> > which took quite a bit of moral strength (although
> > she was severely misguided, [snip]<
> > ----------------------------
> Theotokos:
> 
> I don't think Marietta cared a flip for right or
> wrong. I think she never liked Harry, and never
> wanted Cho to like Harry. Cho had been upset with
> Harry's insensitivity towards her emotional needs
> but forgave him after the interview came out in the
> Quibbler. I think Marietta wanted to split them up.
> 
> "Cho had just smiled at him and sat down on Ron's
> right. Her friend, who had curly reddish-blonde
> hair, did not smile, but gave Harry a thoroughly
> mistrustful look that told Harry plainly that, given
> her way, she would not be here at all." (p.339)
> 
> There are several other instances when Marietta
> glares at Harry while in the presence of Cho. She
> doesn't like him and doesn't want Cho to like him.
> -------------------------


I guess she could have been jealous? That's a good point. She clearly 
does not think much of Cho's choice in boyfriend, I can't remember 
were they on at the time she turned them in or fighting? What 
happened around the time she went to Umbridge? 

I have trouble viewing Marietta as anything but weak. You can argue 
she was doing the right thing by herself but she didn't. She was also 
breaking those rules. If she was so desperate to do the right thing 
and follow her own values then why didn't she go straight away to 
Umbridge and tell her the day she signed? She probably would have 
eliminated the possibility of her getting into trouble because she 
gave Umbridge what she wanted- a clear shot at Harry. OK granted it 
wasn't illegal then but she could have gone when the decree showed 
up. She turned up to these meetings willingly, she took part in all 
of them, she broke the rules, as well she's just as guilty as the 
rest of them. They all knew they could get into trouble if anyone 
found out after it was made illegal, neither Harry nor Hermione 
forced anybody to continue they took that risk themselves. If 
Marietta had turned them in straight away I would agree that, however 
misguided, she did what she thought was right and stood up for what 
she believed in, but it took her months to do so and in those months 
she still turned up to their meetings (and there were a lot of them). 

I also disagree with the war thing. The rest of them would view it as 
anti-Umbridge and anti-ministry and learning but Harry, Ron and 
Hermione (and even Fred. George and Ginny) know what's coming. 
Everything they have done in school has been tainted by Voldemort; 
they've risked their lives on a number of occasions. To Hermione this 
would have been about learning how to fight Voldemort as well (she 
did say to Harry he was the only one who could tell them what it was 
like) so she may have thought it more important than the other 
members of the DA. She makes it a point to tell them at their first 
meeting in the Hog's Head that he is back. She knows these spells 
have saved Harry's life, she's knows they're important. Those three 
may not say it to the others but they go in there with the knowledge 
that it's more than likely (inevitable for Harry) that they will need 
to defend themselves against Death Eaters and Voldemort, not just the 
Ministry's ignorance and OWL exams. Putting a jinx on a piece of 
paper and allowing Marietta to deal with the consequences of her 
actions probably feels right to her. If you argue that Marietta did 
what was right then you can argue that so did Hermione! Nobody's 
saying it wasn't cruel or even necessary. 

Jennifer