The Harry Potter Beloved Character Study, Part 1: Harry Potter and Hermione Granger
Last week, I wrote a post here on the blog about Harry Potter and Beloved Characters and how I wanted to examine them because let’s face it…the book is full of amazing characters. I plan on doing a lot of these posts, but I wanted to start with the main character of the series (um, that’d be Harry Potter) and my personal favorite (Hermione Granger).
Harry
Harry Potter
Interestingly enough, I hear a lot of people say they don’t like Harry, which I find to be a bit odd. He isn’t my favorite, but I definitely love him. Let’s face it. Without Harry, there would be no Harry Potter saga. He is the Boy Who Lived, after all.
Yes, he’s flawed, as every character should be flawed. And sometimes, he does things you just want to be like, “WHY? HARRY WHY AREN’T YOU OPENING THE EGG!!!!!!” But if he was perfect, he’s be super boring and an annoying hero of the story because he’d always do everything right and everything would always go his way. And that’s no fun.
Yes, he’s angsty and sometimes way too angry. He kind of slacks off on important things for way too long, and he’s kind of rash and prone to breaking the rules.
But. And here’s what’s important. He’s also extremely brave, he values other people over himself, he’ll do anything to save his friends. He’ll even save his arch-nemesis. He’s loyal. He’s stubborn (I think stubborn is a good thing). He has a huge heart. He truly loves and loves deeply.
Oh, and he’s amazing at producing a Patronus. Can’t leave that one out.
Sometimes I hear Harry never does anything on his own, and while I disagree with that, I also think the fact he has those friends and Professors helping him was part of the point of the story. Love, family and friends is a big theme in those books. Rowling even made a point in Order of the Phoenix of pointing out that Voldemort doesn’t have any of that, but Harry does. It’s a good thing Harry has help. He couldn’t have done it all on his own. If he could have, he would have been ridiculously powerful, and it wouldn’t have been the same story.
Hermione
Hermione Granger
Yep, Hermione is my favorite (followed closely by Snape). Admittedly, she starts out a bit obnoxious in the first book, but that obnoxiousness soon becomes part of what makes her so loveable.
Sure, she has her downfalls. She can be a bit overbearing, she brags about her grades, she rambles on about S.P.E.W. far too much and when she gets an amazing idea for a solution to a huge problem, she just runs off to the library and says she’ll explain the amazing solution after she’s looked something up in a book. WHY NOT TELL US NOW, HERMIONE? WHY?
But she’s crazy smart, she’s bookish, she’s insanely talented, if she doesn’t know something, she’s determined to find it out and will go to every length possible to learn it. She’s also very brave and very loyal. She’s not afraid to stand up for herself and for those she cares about. And even though the S.P.E.W. thing is annoying, it shows how much she cares about improving the lives of others.
Alright, that’s my little mini-study of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Next up will be Part 2: Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall!
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