COS - Hermione didn't face the Boggart. Meaning?

[jlv230]

No: HPFGUIDX 130804

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowanbrookt" <rowanbrookt at h...> 
wrote:
> I have been reading COS again and realised that in Lupin's Boggart 
> lesson Harry isn't the only one not to face the Boggart.  Lupin 
> purposly lets every pupil but Harry experience the Boggart, but now I 
> realise he also didn't let Hermione have a go.
> 
> Ron teases her that her most frightening thing ever would be a 
homework 
> that only got 9/10, but I wonder if JKR will return to the fact that 
> Hermione didn't face the Boggart in a later book
.....snip.....
> 
> What do you think?

First - I think you are re-reading PoA, not CoS... unless you have a 
very rare edition!

Second - I believe that Hermione does not face the Boggart in the 
lesson to disguise the fact that Harry doesn't. Lupin pretends the 
reason is that they answered questions correctly at the start of the 
class. In the end, only Harry notices he's been stopped form fighting 
the Boggart and everyone gets points for Gryffindor at the end of the 
lesson.

Third - and as you are re-reading and can't remember the ending
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Hermione does face a Boggart in her Final exam in PoA. It is Professor 
McGonagall telling her she's failed. She emerges from the encounter 
very upset and, it appears, has not cast riddikulus correctly.

JLV xx