Logical Thinking versus Intuitive Thinking

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 150014

KJ writes:

    As a result of a related thread on another list, I am curious to 
know what the opinions are about how JKR presents logical rational 
thought on the part of some of her characters and the intuitive, 
instinctive thought of others.  Snape is used in the books to 
demonstrate logical progressive thinking, taking information in, 
relating it to other information, and spitting out an answer.

    Hermione, on the other hand, researches, quotes chapter and verse, 
learns what she is taught, but does little imaginative thinking, other 
than the charmed coins. Again, however, that was learned from a book.

    I think it was in PoA where James and Sirius were regarded as the 
brightest wizards of their age, quite inventive and imaginative. They 
learned on their own to become animagi, and developed the Map.

    Harry and Ron are quite different from each other in that Ron can 
see things developing ahead. Harry is the typical gung-ho Gryffindor, 
none of whom have survived long. Harry looks no further ahead than his 
immediate goal.

    Luna works on a completely illogical, other world basis, and Crabbe 
and Goyle have not shared a thought between them.

    Is there a message in this? Will any of it relate to the final 
resolution? Does she prefer one form of thought or reasoning from 
another, or does she find a place for all? How does Dumbledore fit into 
the scheme of things?  Is he a consummate Gryffindor or chessmaster?
More importantly, does anybody care:-)

KJ