CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady

[AmanitaMuscaria]

No: HPFGUIDX 189620



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, lui <lui_rhys_01 at ...> wrote:
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> 3)How do you imagine Hermione survived all those years in the 
> girls' dorms?
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> > Alla: I am not sure I quite understand this question. Could 
> you clarify whether you mean that girls were giving her a hard 
> > time or you mean something else? <snip>
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> luirhys: Although we do not see Hermione as being close to the 
> other girls in her year, I would think that she could get along 
> with them. And I do not see them as "giving her a hard time", 
> aside from their unintentional ignorance of her because she isn't 
> interested in gossip and other 'girl stuff'.
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AmanitaM now -

I thought that, however self-sufficient and buried in her books Hermione is, she has every evening and morning with her dorm-mates. Kids can be cruel, and Hermione seems to be marching to a different drum the whole time. We later see that Luna was bullied, her possessions taken. I suppose JKR is hinting at the down-side of boarding school.