[HPforGrownups] Re: Pansy Parkinson (Was: House characteristics)

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 150660

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: puduhepa98 at aol.com 
  > >>kchuplis
  It's an important part of being a "mean girl" type  though.  Pansy 
  should, if she's to be that sort of girl, be trying to  date the most 
  powerful guy in the school.  She should be trying to  become the most 
  powerful girl in the school, and she should be making  Hermione's 
  life a living hell.  And... well, she doesn't.

  >  >>Quick_Silver:
  > She sort of comes across as a female  Peter.

  Nikkalmati:
  I don't think JKR means that Pansy fills the role of a classic teenage  
  "mean" girl with all that comes with that role.  I think JKR meant that  Hermione 
  is her own person, who knows who she is and thinks for herself.   Her portrayal 
  of Pansy is of a girl who defines herself by Draco, follows  her boyfriend, 
  and who would be content to be Mrs. Draco for the rest of her  life - not a 
  very high ambition.  JKR would prefer her girls to be more  independent. IMO



  kchuplis:
  Please be careful with snippage. I did not say that about Pansy!!

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