The Grangers WAS: The Malfoys

[Emily]

No: HPFGUIDX 183970

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "montavilla47"
<montavilla47 at ...> wrote:

> I think the only solution would have been to either say that the 
> Order was protecting Hermione's parents--come to think of it,
> that wouldn't have been hard, would it?

Emily:

Well, that could work.  But I think what happens is more in line with
Hermione's personality.  She's one of those kids who (by this point)
often assumes she knows more than the adults--and let's face it, she's
often correct in her assumption.  Suspending disbelief about whether
or not she could perform the magic required, this solution allows her
to think that this situation will not touch her parents' lives in a
significant way unless she survives to explain everything.  If she
were going to let the Order protect them, she would have to give an
accounting of some of the key points of the situation--and then leave
them to worry indefinitely, without being able to contact them.  We
saw how Molly reacted to the trio's trying to leave; she tried to do
whatever was in her (non-magical) power to stop them, despite her
intimate knowledge of the situation and her desire to help.  Not that
I think the Grangers would have been any more effective, but Hermione
may have been trying to avert the situation, to avoid them having to
deal with the stress.  Yes, if she survives, they will be
inconvenienced, but they'll be alive, and that seems to be her
objective.  Since Hermione is used to thinking she knows more than
others, I can see why she would take this into her own hands.  Not
that she's necessarily right to do so, but that it is in character. 
If they fail, if the Order does fall, well, at least the Grangers are
somewhere safe and oblivious.

Emily