[HPforGrownups] Hermione cheating over Trevor?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 129550


--- Sherry Gomes <sherriola at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Sometimes, I'm amazed at the amount of people who will fiercely
> defend Snape, even over this incident or the time with Hermione's
> accidental hex and her teeth, and yet expect the children to rise 
> to the level of mature adult behavior and logic about Snape.  In 
> the Trevor potion incident, it has
> been said that Hermione was cheating by helping Neville.  But let's
> put ourselves in her place.  

I don't expect HERMIONE to rise to the "level of mature adult
behaviour and logic about Snape".  Of course she was going to help
Neville get the potion right to save Trevor; Hermione being Hermione
wasn't going to do anything else.

But (speaking only for myself) I was addressing the readers on this
list, not Hermione, and I believe the readers on this list can
appreciate the proposition that in fact sporadic, ad hoc,
right-this-second assistance is in the end not helping Neville a
great deal.  And it might even further undermine his already fragile
self-confidence (as it was at that point in the series) if he thinks
he almost lost his pet and can't be sure that he'll do better next
time.

Magda




		
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