Hermione's "Hidden" Obsession

[annemehr]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" <entropymail at y...>
wrote:

> I've been mulling over several themes lately, and the one thing that I
> keep coming back to is the use of the concept of "hiding" in OOP. I'm
> not just talking about invisibility, here.  It's more specific than
> that.  It's about JKR's practice, throughout OOP, of hiding things in
> plain sight.

Anne:
Just mulling along with you...

More hiding, though not necessarily Hermione-related, or not in plain
sight:
Keeping the under-age in the dark
DD having Harry followed by invisibility-cloaked wizards
Lots of invisibility cloaks, in fact
Mrs Figg
Ministry officials who are also Order members
Voldemort
Order members' disguises (Tonks, M.McGonagall's Muggle clothes)

And the flip side, seeking:
Harry and LV seeing through the scar connection
Snape spying (?) on LV
Legilimency and pensieve-snooping
Extendable Ears
Harry using Umbridge's fireplace for the Floo
The Inquisitorial Squad
Umbridge's class inspections
Umbridge trying to use Veritaserum and Crucio on Harry for info
LV's attempts to get the prophecy

I don't know -- maybe it's just the nature of the covert war.

Nice to see you around again!

Annemehr