CHAPT DISC: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindo...

[June Ewing]

Shelley:
> I agree! I think we have the prospective as readers of following
Harry and Hermione of being from a Muggle society when they entered
into this Wizarding World. They spot easily the superstition and
lack of logic that comes with that lack of questioning how magic
works because Wizards aren't used to analyzing magic- for Wizards,
magic just works, and that's all they need to know. So they don't
question divination or prophesies, because to them, that's just one
(valid?) magical ability. <snip> So also Hermione's reaction is
seen as insensitive because if she were a proper Witch, she would
have just accepted Trelawney as normal for this society. Instead
she doesn't accept those gifts as real, and it causes a cultural
clash with Lavender, because the two girls don't see where each
other is coming from. I think it's a clash that would have happened
anyway, even if this scene hadn't been coupled with the rabbit
dying. <snip> <


June:
The only thing wrong with the thought of Hermione not being
brought up in the wizarding world so she doesn't believe Trelawney
to be the real thing is that most the staff doesn't believe her to
be the real thing either. McGonagall and Umbridge who are both
pure bloods didn't believe in her. McGonagall found her to be
annoying when she stated up at Christmas time with her "when 13
dine" routine and even Dumbledore only hired her because of the
prophecy to protect her.