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The HMS STFU - Meta Part 2: Ron, Hermione, Jealousy, and Bad Cliches (Part 1)
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| One of my biggest problems with Hermione is that she was never tested in the way that Ron was. She never had to face up to her own issues. She never had to deal with being wrong or making a bad decision. She remains the same know-it-all pain-in-the-ass throughout the series. There's no real growth in her character.
This. ^
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| Well... in all fairness to Hermione, she does undergo at least some character development. The criticism that Hermione underwent a personality change between OP and HBP has at least some merit. I was discussing it with dontgiveahoot early this morning, and I realized.
It's because of Umbridge.
As I mention in my essay, Hermione was well on her way to becoming another Umbridge by the time she met Harry and Ron and my personal theory is that when Hermione came face to face with what she could have become, it forced her to evaluate her priorities a bit. I'm not saying she had a total change in personality or anything--she's still prone to the whole "I know better than you" thing, she's just not quite so vocal about it. She grows up a bit.
Or at least that's the way I see it. | | (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread) |
| | I don't see any real character development in Hermione, myself. Other than how she kind of "lightens up". And like Ikabod said, it's primarily because Hermione never really has to face herself - she's never confronted with her own weaknesses and insecurities. I see your point about how Umbridge kind of got Hermione to think about what she might become, but compared to what Harry and Ron go through and confront, and how they develop, it's far too little. | | (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread) |
| | Well, when your whole life is building up to something, it's hard to change completely overnight. | | (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread) |
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The HMS STFU - Meta Part 2: Ron, Hermione, Jealousy, and Bad Cliches (Part 1)
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