CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 10, THE HALLOWEEN

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No: HPFGUIDX 188360


> Alla:
> You really think that go get the teacher in the moment of imminent danger to somebody is a choice they should have taken into consideration? 

Pippin:
Hermione thinks so. She very kindly tells McGonagall that Ron and Harry did not have time to go and get someone, but that's a lie. Ron and Harry did not think Hermione was in  immediate danger  when they first realized that Hermione didn't know about the troll.  And as we know, help was not far away. I like their spirit too, but really Ron and Harry had no more right to think they could deal with a troll on their own than Hermione would have. The most likely outcome was that all three of them would have died. 

Harry does learn a little something from this. When he realizes that he is about to confront "Snape" in the final chapters, he acknowledges that he is no match for him and sends Hermione back to get help.

Pippin