Surprise! I finally got around to responding – apologies for the delay.
Is that really not supposed to count as discrimination? Muggle parents don't get told anything about their kids?
It's rather blatant, isn't it, how the muggleborn students are treated at Hogwarts (which reflects how muggleborns are seen by the Wizarding World at large). Which is why I find it so amusing that so many fans pillory Draco for his hateful comments towards Hermione; there's nothing particularly wrong-headed with his perspective as it relates to the world he lives in. We in the real world might consider his digs at Hermione to be narrow-minded and bigoted, but in his world he's only guilty of being obvious.
Bringing it back to this chapter, Hermione's white-faced quietude in the face of Ron's convalescence is telling. She depends on the Weasleys as a surrogate family as much as Harry, if not more. Since we know she is "meant" to hook up with Ron (as per the insistence of the author outside the text), Ron's death would be a serious blow to her chances of staying close to the Weasleys – and thereby utilizing any protection their Purebloodedness could provide her. That frightened look in her eyes may well say "There goes my meal ticket."
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Date: 2006-03-22 01:41 am (UTC)Is that really not supposed to count as discrimination? Muggle parents don't get told anything about their kids?
It's rather blatant, isn't it, how the muggleborn students are treated at Hogwarts (which reflects how muggleborns are seen by the Wizarding World at large). Which is why I find it so amusing that so many fans pillory Draco for his hateful comments towards Hermione; there's nothing particularly wrong-headed with his perspective as it relates to the world he lives in. We in the real world might consider his digs at Hermione to be narrow-minded and bigoted, but in his world he's only guilty of being obvious.
Bringing it back to this chapter, Hermione's white-faced quietude in the face of Ron's convalescence is telling. She depends on the Weasleys as a surrogate family as much as Harry, if not more. Since we know she is "meant" to hook up with Ron (as per the insistence of the author outside the text), Ron's death would be a serious blow to her chances of staying close to the Weasleys – and thereby utilizing any protection their Purebloodedness could provide her. That frightened look in her eyes may well say "There goes my meal ticket."