Hermione Granger: The classic know-it-all

In the seven book Harry Potter series, there are three individuals that become best friends and the main characters. The series focuses on Harry Potter, the main character, and how he grows through the years at Hogwarts. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone, Harry meets Ron Wesley on the train to Hogwarts which becomes the start to their lifelong friendship. Hermione Granger is also introduced on the train to Hogwarts and it is clear that she has a standalone personality.

Hermione is very confident and comes off a snobby know-it-all. A few passages stand out when I think about how Hermione’s personality and how it affects her ability to gain knowledge. One passage is when the three are in the first potions class and Snape is picking on Harry and he couldn’t answer any of the questions. Meanwhile Snape was ignoring Hermione, was ambitiously raising her hand trying to answer each of the questions. Now there is always that one student in class, who typically sits near the front and tries to answer all the questions. From observations, these students are typically liked or they don’t have a lot of friends. If that is the case, then the most of them have nothing better to do than study which furthers their knowledge. Another passage where Hermione is shown to be snarky is when she is reprimanding Harry for thinking about dueling Malfoy. I can’t help but to think about those people who are “mother hens.” For example, when you’re out with a group of friends and there is that one friend who is always questioning everything the group is doing. Hermione’s knowledge does come in handy numerous times throughout the book and a lot throughout the rest of the series.