Views of Hermione.

[eggplant107]

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"justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> It is not Hermione's right or responsibility 
> to "disfigure a horrid sneak,"

It is certainly  Hermione's right to uncover a traitor, and it is her
duty because if she didn't do it the task wouldn't get done.

> who, AFWK, thought she was doing the right thing. 

Sincerity is a vastly overrated virtue, everybody THINKS they're doing
the right thing but that's not good enough, you've got to DO the right
thing.

> Hermione does have a ruthlesss, vindictive,
> revenge-seeking streak. "I'll get that
> Skeeter woman if it's the last thing I do!" 

Good heavens, don't you think Hermione had a reason to be angry with
Skeeter, or are you suggesting that a good person should never get
angry at anyone for any reason?

> she attacks Ron with her birds because
> she's hurt and jealous

Granted that was wrong, but I've done worse, I'll bet you have too.

> I agree with her that Harry shouldn't be
> using the HBP's Potions hints to get marks
> he doesn't deserve 

I certainly disagree. When I took chemistry the teacher encouraged us
not to just stick with the textbook but to go to the library and see
if we could find better ways of doing things.

> Carol, who doesn't dislike Hermione but
> does want to see her learn a lesson 
> or two in humility

I believe you should only be humble if you have something to be humble
about, and Hermione seems to be doing very well. I HATE it when
somebody receives a great honor or award and says "I feel very
humbled". Baloney! He's either lying or he's a fool. There is a quote
from Einstein about a colleague, "He shouldn't be that humble, he's
not that great".     

Eggplant