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To: caseinpoint
I would have loved to see Dudley at the train station, proudly escorting one or more of his children onto the Hogwart Express.

Oooh, that's good!

Family seems to animate all the characters. Lack of it, surfeit of it, desire for it, comtempt of it. In the end it either saves or destroys every character.

Excellent point! I had related all of those things to love, but there are a ton of ties to family. Hermione is the only one I can think of off-hand which doesn't quite seem to apply.

1,427 posted on 07/26/2007 9:07:11 PM PDT by Dianna
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“Hermione is the only one I can think of off-hand which doesn’t quite seem to apply.”

Hermione was willing to put up with mudblood aspersions because she loved her family. She also erased her parents’ memories so she would be free from worry about them and they from worry about her in her fight against LV. It’s kind of the opposite of Molly, whose whole family was deeply involved in the fight. Hermione shielded her family from what was essentially not their fight or within their power to affect—at least directly. I think that kind of love enabled her to survive and concentrate on what needed to be done. She seemed to be the least conflicted of the threesome, perhaps because her family was considered as safe as it could be.

But you are right about family not being as prominent in Hermione’s life as the others, although we see them escorting her to Diagon Alley, traveling to France with her, enjoying her at Christmas breaks and so forth. They are definitely supportive of her and her willingness to be forgotten by them is a sign of love to me.


1,429 posted on 07/26/2007 9:15:57 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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