[HPforGrownups] Re: Bigotry in the Potterverse/Hermione and her parents

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 188171

Lynda:

I don't know about this attitude of arrogance. I've asked some friends of
mine, all of them HP lovers who have read the books a number of times but
don't subscribe to any online forums what they think about what Hermione
did, was it arrogant, altruistic, do they think there was precedent in the
past behavior and in the actions of Voldemort at that time to warrant
Hermione's actions and to the last person they said, No it did not show
arrogance on Hermione's part, there was precedent for Hermione's actions and
they don't get what the big deal with this is. And I know  a lot of people
who are HP buffs but don't do online groups. I've been asking for a few days
now.

One thing that's come up is did Hermione have her parents
blessing/permission to do this and while on the face of it that would seem
to be the way to go, on the other hand, is it really important that the
readers know whether or not she did, or is it the same type of thing as is
Professor McGonagall married and her spouse just not mentioned in the text?

I think we sometimes assign motives and problems where there don't have to
be any--I've mentioned that before. I think the old saying is to let
sleeping dogs lie and that might be a good way to handle this type of thing,

Lynda


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