Hermione and the Boggart (POA)

[Dondee Gorski]

No: HPFGUIDX 170033

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mjm1089" <mmcgah at ...> wrote:
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> Any other ideas as to why Lupin didn't let Hermione tackle the
> boggart?  <snip?> 
mjm1089
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Dondee:

As I recall... Ron's spider!boggart lost it's leggs and went rolling 
towards Lavender, Lav Lav went scampering out of the way and spider!
boggart came to a rest at Harry's feet. Before the boggart could 
transform into Harry's worst fear Lupin distracted it and then set 
Nevil on it to finish it off. Lupin tells Harry later that the 
reason he distracted the boggart was because he thought it was going 
to turn into Voldie and scare all the kids. I take this to mean that 
if spider!boggart had rolled elsewhere, or if Lav Lav had faced it, 
the lesson would have continued untill it was Harry's turn (imagine 
how much worse Harry would have felt if all his other classmates had 
had a go except for him). Hermione was not excluded or protected in 
this, she just wasn't the closest to the boggart. 

Cheers, Dondee