Hermione's Sorting (was:Pureblood Pretenders and Sorting Hat

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 140994

asvirn:
> I'm not sure about that. She didn't want to be in Gryffindor because
> she valued courage above anything else; she simply assumed that it was
> the best house, because the present headmaster was its alumnus. And
> naturally she wanted the best. Quite a Slytherin way of reasoning
> actually.


Actually, I think she did value courage more.  She says so to Harry when she 
talks about how "books and cleverness" don't compare to his kind of heroism, 
and I think her actions throughout the books show that she values knowledge 
used for practical aims more than knowledge for itself.  Her passions aren't 
specific areas of research but social injustice.


-m