Assignment Paper No-13 New Literature

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Name               :-  Bambha Kajal A.

Sem                  :-  2

Roll no             :-  17

Batch               :-  2017-2019

Paper no          :-  New Literature 

Enrollment no :-  2069108420180002

Email id           :-  kajalbambha16@gmail.com

Submitted to    :- Department of English,MKBU

    Topic :-  Character of Hermione Granger

Introduction  :-

      Hermione  Granger is one of Harry Potter's best friends, along with Ron Weasley. She is depicted as extremely intelligent—the classic over-achiever, with top marks in all her classes. She was born on September 19, 1979.Hermione is a Muggle-born witch. She has bushy brown hair and brown eyes, and had buck teeth until her fourth year. However much Ron and Harry tease her, they both depend on her intelligence for their continuing success in academics. She is the most sensible of the Trio and is usually the one to solve the mysteries they are faced with.

      Hermione demonstrated an impressive amount of knowledge of Hogwarts and magic for a Muggle-born.She was sorted into Gryffindor after much hesitation; the Sorting Hat wondered if she belonged to Ravenclaw, but eventually decided in the favor of Gryffindor. At the beginning of her first year, most people, including Harry and Ron, thought she was a bossy bookworm who always stuck to the rules. After the three of them fought a Mountain Troll, however, she softened a bit and became best friends with Ron and Harry.

      Hermione loves to visit the Library and depends a lot in it; she believes everything can be learned through books. The only time she couldn't find anything in them was when she was searching for information on Horcruxes, but only because Horcruxes are deeply imbedded in the Dark Arts.Hermione's favorite book is probably Hogwarts, A History, from which she learned, for example, that it is impossible to Apparate or Disapparate on Hogwarts grounds. Oftentimes she scolds Ron and Harry for their relative ignorance of Hogwarts-related matters.

 As a  Feminist  Hermione  :-

      We  are  saw  that ,  J.K. Rolling  has been  presented  to  Hermione  as  a very  brave and  smart  girl  in  each every  series. but Hermione  is  seen  to  suffer a  lot  of  Discrimination. Because  the  main  hero  is  Harry  potter . So  Most  of  Importance  is  flying  around  Harry.Even  we  are  showing to  Hermione is a most intelligent  girl , after  than  she  is  a  girlfriend of Ron.Even  though Hermione is  capable of  all it still has to  suffer a lot .

  Feminist  perspective in Hermione’s character :-

 -  Dependent Character

-  Ignorance and  struggle

-  Perfect  example of  feminist  features

- Intelligence

- Fight  against  patriarchy

- Presence of  mind

- Thinker  of  plans

-  Ignorance and  struggle:-

  :-

    Hermione is  the perfect example when examining  the  feminist  principles in the novels.Throughout the series she has  many strengths and weaknesses, but she is mostly criticized about her weakness as a character.

 

— For example,

Professor Snape completely ignored her in favor of the boys in the class.

 "Tell me, Miss Granger, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know- it all ?”

 Intelligence :-

 

    Hermione is that Character that is  smart and she is able to figure out most of the secrets that no one else can. Hermione knowledge  and brains save her and her friends throughout the series multiple times, showing her strength every time she  uses her intellect to defeat a problem.

       She isn't easily fooled by the display of power within the Ministry of Magic and is able to value the worth of a person on how they behave with those considered inferior to the wizarding race.

       She's not only able to recollect every fact she's ever learned, she's also able to apply them in situations where the other two fall short of expectations. And her reasoning is excellent.  she is able to reason with an extremely furious Harry that it's better to verify that Sirius isn't home before rushing off to what might be an ambush.

       Hermione is logical. Being logical, having a sound argument and the ability to challenge notions does not make her less intelligent. Is she a skeptic? Doesn't she question and question until she gets a reasonable answer that is solid without any logical fallacies? Yes. She does. I would say being a skeptic makes her much more intelligent, because here is a person that will research and prove her point and if she finds out that her standpoint is false, she will concede. Dumbledore was intelligent and wise and that wisdom came with age. This is why he was able to have hunches and accept facts which would have seemed far-fetched otherwise. He had been witness to many a terrible thing during his life.

  For example,

                 Harry Potter , who had found  himself a         

                 book full of potion cheat codes . The last   thing her needed was another helping hand. Hermione  warned him about using the book. 

 - Fight  against  patriarchy :-

       Harry Potter might be named for its male protagonist, but the Harry Potter series brought us some of the fiercest female characters of all time: Minerva McGonagall, Molly Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Fleur Delacour,  and everyone's favorite insufferable know-it-all, Hermione Granger.
      These witches aren't just your stereotypical strong female characters, either. They're each different, with their own strengths and flaws Luna is a bit out-to-lunch, but still kind and courageous. Ginny can get hotheaded, but she makes up for it with loyalty and nerve. And Hermione is the smartest witch of her year and as brave as any Gryffindor, but she can also be ruthless and intensely stubborn. They're all every bit the equal of their wizard classmates, and they're all well-rounded characters to boot. J.K. Rowling's girls all feel real, or as real as you can get at a school for witchcraft and wizardry.
      Even the boys can be refreshingly feminist, when they're not desperately trying to get a date to the Yule Ball. Harry and Ron are meat-headed teenagers sometimes, but they also seem perfectly happy to admit that Hermione's the most talented when it comes to magic (which may just be a ploy to get her to help with their homework, but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

     The women of Harry Potter were always there to remind us that girls can cast Bat-Bogey Hexes just as well if not better) than boys can. So here are some choice quotes for when you're fed up with the non-magical patriarchy:

 

    

 

     Here we also have to think about the other part that though she is emerging as the strong character among our eyes as the reader but she is not ‘The Hero’ of the novel. We always will put her after Harry Potter. The other thing is that Dumbledore he gave a book to Hermione and the tools to Harry and Ron which again shows the typical portrayal of a girl. Well, second interpretation we can also do that only she is enough intelligent to read the book. And his faith in Hermione is also true. The second thing is that in the last part of the movies it is showed that she is carrying a purse a magical purse in which everything she needs come out. Which again carry on the idea that in a girl’s purse we will find everything - the typical idea.

     It is true that she is brilliant among all but she yet not got enough space like the other female characters and especially like Lily potter. She was also strong and stronger than Harry’s father and it her love which was creating armour around Harry and was protecting Harry till the end.

      

Conclusion:-

So we  know  that  Hermione ‘s  character gets  a lot  of  support  from one , and  from  another  point  of  view  there  is  a  lot of  injustice  done  to  her  character. 

      Hermione is emerging as strong character but she is not the lead character of the story. The second thing is that she is always targeted for her weakness she is never appreciated for her strength, Even, Ron also admits that without Hermione they were not able to survive for a day but even then he is not appreciating her face to face. And the other limitation is that like other characters here Hermione is also objectified but in more controlled way. At some extend she becomes the reason of the rivalry between both the friends. But the good thing is that she is not weak point of the story rather she is the strong bond of the story. She is very logical in her way of thinking. But still all the time she is being abused by remembering her that she is Muggle-blood. It is true that she is smart among three of them but she is always pointed about her weakness rather than her ability and positivity. 

Works Cited :-

Granger, Hermione. Feminism in Harry Potter. n.d. 25 3 2016

. <http://feminisminharrypotter.weebly.com/hermione-granger.html>.

Wikia. n.d. 25 3 2016. <http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hermione_Granger>.