![]() ![]() ![]() She learns about the world she’s inherited: one with racism, classism, slavery, hate. But somewhere during the course of series - with more life experience - Hermione becomes different. She starts off as bookish and intelligent-beyond-her-years. So not only did I get to witness a character grow over time, but I also got to change with her. And by the time the Deathly Hallows came out, I was 17 - Hermione Granger’s exact age. I was 100% the target audience for the book, solidly middle grade, and part of what I like to call “The Harry Potter Generation.” The books came out once every year - or once every two years, when we got to the later ones. Let’s start from the beginning: I picked up Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone when I was 8 years old. And they barely even thank her for it.īut Hermione herself isn’t what inspires me - it’s her growth. She is the real hero of the story - she saves Harry and Ron’s sorry butts every single time. She is unabashedly, unapologetically smart. It’s like this: everyone knows the story of Hermione, the little smartypants that could. Which is cool because I love free groceries, thanks. “Seriously, Lauren,” you say, “there’s nothing you can say about Hermione that someone else hasn’t already said a thousand times.” ![]() “Come on, Lauren,” you say, “how could you be so unoriginally dullfully monotonous in your blog post choice?” “But Lauren,” you’re probably saying to yourself, “literally every human in the world loves Hermione”. ![]()
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