Blog Post #2- Hermionie's Evolution

From book number one to book number six, Hermione has definitely grown and evolved as a character.  We first are introduced to her as the bushy haired, buck toothed, know-it-all who came from muggle parents.  She continues to keep up her know it all attitude, but as the series progresses this isn't viewed as an annoyance by Ron and Harry anymore.  For example, she takes Ron and Harry by surprise when instead of tattling on them for sneaking out in the night to find the Chamber of Secrets, she joins them and her extensive knowledge of magic comes in quite handy compared to Ron and Harry's amateur magic skills. You can watch Hermione go from being nothing but a loyal student and evolving into a more mischievous, yet clever witch.  Her attitude in classes, such as divination, is less studious and more careless because her book smarts aren't needed in this field of magic.  Another instance where she takes Ron and Harry by surprise, is in the Chamber of Secrets where she lies to Professor Mcgonagall about the Troll, saying that she lured it into the girl's bathroom and Ron and Harry came to save her, instead of the truth, in which would have been Ron and Harry's fault since the accidentally locked the Troll in the girl's bathroom.  In book 5, we also see Hermione take on another unfamiliar aspect of her personality, which is sexuality.  Hermione's character is never one in which you would expect to be the sexual interest/desire but we see this happen when the Triwizard Competition is happening and she catches Victor Krum's attention.  Another twist in which readers would not foresee would be Ron's jealousy toward Victor and Hermione, showing a softer side to Ron as well when it was always implicated that Ron despised the very being of Hermione because of her sassy attitude.  All in all we see Hermione change from "you're going to get us killed, or even worse, expelled" to doing anything to help Harry and Ron survive, almost throwing Hogwart's out the window because greater things have started to happen.  She starts to forget about the importance of school and realizes the importance of friendship, and in fact, love.