Hermione crying

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 174635

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Natalie" <snifsmak at ...> wrote:
>
>First was at Bill's wedding when Kingsley's patronus announced that 
>the ministry had fallen and the trio had to run.  Hermione was 
>described as "half sobbing" as she and Harry tried 
> to find Ron in the crowd.  

va32h:

Here I would suspect that Hermione is crying because there are Death 
Eaters apparating all over the place, and since she is extremely fond 
of Ron, she is very worried that he will be killed before they find 
him. She is also worried about herself and Harry getting killed, and 
since Hermione isn't totally heartless, probably worried in general 
about everyone else at the wedding. She is also probably scared - a 
major coup has just taken place and what will that mean for all of 
them?  


Natalie:
>Later she was again weeping while she was on the dragon after 
> breaking out of Gringotts.  

va32h:

Here I would suspect she is crying because she suffered several 
hideous burns inside the Lestrange vault.

Natalie:
>I felt odd when I saw her cry both times, as I don't think it was 
> natural for anybody to cry during these extreme emergencies, when
> you are more confused than scared, and especially not Hermione.  
 
> I don't think Jo is ever sexist and writes with sexual stereotypes, 
> but these instances strike 
> me as odd.

va32h:

Well, I can't agree tht it's unnatural to cry under moments of stress 
and confusion (and great pain). Or as a cathartic release moments 
after the stress and confusion has ended. I would also say that 
Hermione cries quite a bit in the series. She cries when Harry and 
Ron aren't speaking, and then again when they are. She cries when Ron 
agrees to help  her with Buckbeak's appeal way back in PoA. Heck, 
moments after she meets the trio is PS, she is described as speaking 
in a very "sniffy" voice. Hermione cries. 

I don't find it sexist though. Harry, for all his praise of Ginny for 
never crying, tears up plenty of times himself. And Ron's anguished 
sobs for Hermione in the Malfoy Manor chapter certainly rival any boo-
hooing that Hermione got up to in the book. 

va32h