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Book 1, Stage 1: Development of a friendship
Obviously, this is the book when Ron and Hermione become friends. For the sake of the main plot both Ron and Hermione need to become Friends with Harry, but Rowling also has made Ron and Hermione become Friends with each other. In fact, Rowling emphasizes the Ron/Hermione friendship.
In Chapter 6, Ron and Harry meet Hermione for the first time, but the conversation is primarily between Ron and Hermione. Harry also participates in the conversation, but his role is very minimal and only serves the purpose of him being introduced to her. The focus is almost entirely on Ron and Hermione's interaction with each other.
"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's Lost one," she said. She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.
"We've already told him we haven't seen it," berkata Ron, but the girl wasn't listening, she was looking at the wand in his hand.
"Oh, are anda doing magic? Let's see it, then."
She sat down. Ron looked taken aback."Er -- all right."
He cleared his throat.
"Sunshine, daisies, mentega mellow, Turn this stupid, fat tikus yellow."
He waved his wand, but nothing happened. Scabbers stayed gray and fast asleep.
When Hermione enters the compartment she is talking to both boys, but almost immediately, her attention turns directly to Ron (she was looking at the wand in his hand).
"Are anda sure that's a real spell?" berkata the girl. "Well, it's not very good, is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've heard -- I've learned all our course buku sejak heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough -- I'm Hermione Granger, sejak the way, who are you?"
She berkata all this very fast.
Harry looked at Ron, and was relieved to see sejak his stunned face that he hadn't learned all the course buku sejak hati, tengah-tengah either.
"I'm Ron Weasley," Ron muttered.
"Harry Potter," berkata Harry.
"Are anda really?" berkata Hermione. "I know all about you, of course -- I got a few extra buku for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century.
"Am I?" berkata Harry, feeling dazed.
"Goodness, didn't anda know, I'd have found out everything I could if it was me," berkata Hermione. "Do either of anda know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds sejak far the best; I hear Dumbledore himself was in it, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad.... Anyway, we'd better go and look for Neville's toad. anda two had better change, anda know, I expect we'll be there soon."
Her conversation with Harry is one sided and consists of her giving him information that she has read in a book. This sets up Hermione as the "fact giver" to Harry, a role that she continues to have through the first six books.
Later in this chapter she returns.
"What has been going on?" she said, looking at the sweets all over the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers sejak his tail.
I think he's been knocked out," Ron berkata to Harry. He looked closer at Scabbers. "No -- I don't believe it -- he's gone back to sleep-"
And so he had....
(snip some dialogue about Draco Malfoy>) ...He turned to Hermione. "Can we help anda with something?"
"You'd better hurry up and put your robes on, I've just been up to the front to ask the conductor, and he says we're nearly there. anda haven't been fighting, have you? You'll be in trouble before we even get there!"
"Scabbers has been fighting, not us," berkata Ron, scowling at her. "Would anda mind leaving while we change?"
"All right -- I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors," berkata Hermione in a sniffy voice. "And you've got dirt on your nose, sejak the way, did anda know?"
Ron glared at her as she left. Harry peered out of the window. It was getting dark. He could see mountains and forests under a deep purple sky. The train did seem to be slowing down.
Hermione and Ron both seek approval from the other in this first meeting. They want the other person to like them, and neither one gets that approval. They instead get disapproval, which puts a hold on their friendship, and that disapproval and delay in progression for them becomes a motif as the buku continue. Ron attempts to tunjuk her a spell (seeking approval) and fails, she says the spell isn't very good (not giving approval), and then brags about her spells working and memorizing all of her buku (seeking approval). He doesn't respond to her bragging (not giving approval). In the saat part of the scene she returns. Why does she return? We don't know her motivation, but it's worth noting that she immediately looks at Ron (looking at the sweets on the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers). Ron turns to her. Again note that Ron is the one who notices that she is still standing there. He scowls and tells her to go away (gives disapproval). She tells him he has dirt on his nose (gives disapproval). This completes the seeking approval, not getting the approval, receiving disapproval cycle. Harry's involvement in the sections with Hermione is very minimal. Rowling is emphasizing the first meeting of Ron and Hermione because that is what often happens in romantic storylines. A character meets their future Cinta interest very early in the story. This scene also foreshadows the misunderstandings that will make Ron and Hermione's friendship and romance full of arguments and conflict. If Hermione was meant to be Harry's future Cinta interest there would have been lebih emphasis placed on their very first interaction. There's actually lebih focus on Harry's very first contact with Ginny, Luna, Cho, Parvati, Fleur, and even Nymphadora, than with Hermione. Rowling made it clear very early that Hermione wasn't going to be a Cinta interest for Harry.
lebih emphasis is placed on Ron and Hermione when the sorting hat puts her in Gryffindor. Ron groans while Harry has no reaction. So far, Hermione has not had any effect, either positive atau negative, on Harry. Like her role in his life, she represents detached logic. However, Ron takes an interest in everything about her, even if it is at first an annoyed interest.
On Halloween, during Charms, Ron and Hermione are partnered together for the very first time. (Harry is partnered with Seamus.) Though neither one of them like being put together, their partnership is what eventually enables Ron to properly use Wingardium Leviosa later that evening, which not only saves everyone's life, but is the pivotal moment for the trio's bond. After Charms class, Rowling again emphasizes the Ron and Hermione approval/disapproval cycle. It is Ron's komen about Hermione's lack of Friends that puts her in tears and leads to her hiding in the bathroom. Despite all of the insults that Hermione's had to menanggung, bear in the first six buku from Draco, Rita, Snape, Umbridge, and the Slytherin girls, this is the only time she has ever reacted so strongly. She skipped classes and cried all afternoon. Clearly, Ron's opinion of her meant a lot. No one else has ever had that effect on her. And he, despite being annoyed with her, becomes very uncomfortable upon hearing how much she is upset. This is one of the few times Ron ever shows an apparent regret for insulting someone. Rowling wants us to see that these two have a soft spot for each other despite their initial dislike.
Let take a look at the troll battle in Chapter 10
Hermione Granger was shrinking against the dinding opposite, looking as if she was about to faint. The troll was advancing on her, knocking the sinks off the walls as it went.
"Confuse it!" Harry berkata desperately to Ron, and, seizing a tap, he threw it as hard as he could against the wall.
The troll stopped a few feet from Hermione. It lumbered around, blinking stupidly, to see what had made the noise. Its mean little eyes saw Harry. It hesitated, then made for him instead, lifting its club as it went.
"Oy, pea-brain!" yelled Ron from the other side of the chamber, and he threw a metal pipe at it. The troll didn't even seem to notice the pipe hitting its shoulder, but it heard the yell and paused again, turning its ugly snout toward Ron instead, giving Harry time to run around it.
"Come on, run, run!" Harry yelled at Hermione, trying to pull her toward the door, but she couldn't move, she was still flat against the wall, her mouth open with terror.
The shouting and the echoes seemed to be driving the troll berserk. It roared again and started toward Ron, who was nearest and had no way to escape.
Harry then did something that was both very Brave and very stupid: He took a great running jump and managed to fasten his arms around the troll's neck from behind. The troll couldn't feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if anda stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry's wand had still been in his hand when he'd jumped -- it had gone straight up one of the troll's nostrils.
Howling with pain, the troll twisted and flailed its club, with Harry clinging on for dear life; any second, the troll was going to rip him off atau catch him a terrible blow with the club.
Hermione had sunk to the floor in fright; Ron pulled out his own wand -- not knowing what he was going to do he heard himself cry the first spell that came into his head: "Wingardium Leviosa!"
The club flew suddenly out of the troll's hand, rose high, high up into the air, turned slowly over -- and dropped, with a sickening crack, onto its owner's head. The troll swayed on the spot and then fell flat on its face, with a thud that made the whole room tremble.
The troll scene is an important scene, not only for the trio, but for Ron and Hermione as a future pair. The hero, Harry, is reminded that Hermione is still in the girls' bathroom and doesn't know about the troll and needs to be saved. It's his quick thinking that gets the boys into the bathroom. Both boys fight bravely which is so important to the friendship they both eventually develop with Hermione. The reason why I say that it is also important for Ron and Hermione as a future pair is when Hermione is paralyzed with fear, Ron, without thinking, uses Wingardium Leviosa, the very spell that Hermione drilled into his head. Since the buku are written in Harry's point of view, this is a masterful way of letting the reader know that Ron already has Hermione's voice in his head. He does the spell that she helped him learn, ‘without thinking'. It was Harry's role as the hero to get them into the bathroom to fight the troll which leads to the friendship of the three of them. It is Ron's role to take over when Hermione is too scared to function. Without her, he wouldn't have known that spell and without him, the spell wouldn't have been performed at all. They are a team even before they are friends. We see the same thing at the end of the book, when Hermione knows how to kill the Devil's Snare, but is having a hard time thinking under pressure. Of course, it was Harry who suggests starting the fire, but she dismisses the idea because there is no wood. It is Ron who reminds her that she is a witch that doesn't need wood. The three of them all need each other to survive, but it's Ron and Hermione who seem to be the natural team, making up for what the other lacks. We're also seeing how, when in a dangerous situation, Hermione's voice is in Ron's head, and Ron can help Hermione function lebih effectively. In book 1, Rowling has shown how two people can overcome their initial differences to work together toward a common goal and eventually bond because of it.
Book 1, Stage 1: Development of a friendship
Obviously, this is the book when Ron and Hermione become friends. For the sake of the main plot both Ron and Hermione need to become Friends with Harry, but Rowling also has made Ron and Hermione become Friends with each other. In fact, Rowling emphasizes the Ron/Hermione friendship.
In Chapter 6, Ron and Harry meet Hermione for the first time, but the conversation is primarily between Ron and Hermione. Harry also participates in the conversation, but his role is very minimal and only serves the purpose of him being introduced to her. The focus is almost entirely on Ron and Hermione's interaction with each other.
"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's Lost one," she said. She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.
"We've already told him we haven't seen it," berkata Ron, but the girl wasn't listening, she was looking at the wand in his hand.
"Oh, are anda doing magic? Let's see it, then."
She sat down. Ron looked taken aback."Er -- all right."
He cleared his throat.
"Sunshine, daisies, mentega mellow, Turn this stupid, fat tikus yellow."
He waved his wand, but nothing happened. Scabbers stayed gray and fast asleep.
When Hermione enters the compartment she is talking to both boys, but almost immediately, her attention turns directly to Ron (she was looking at the wand in his hand).
"Are anda sure that's a real spell?" berkata the girl. "Well, it's not very good, is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've heard -- I've learned all our course buku sejak heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough -- I'm Hermione Granger, sejak the way, who are you?"
She berkata all this very fast.
Harry looked at Ron, and was relieved to see sejak his stunned face that he hadn't learned all the course buku sejak hati, tengah-tengah either.
"I'm Ron Weasley," Ron muttered.
"Harry Potter," berkata Harry.
"Are anda really?" berkata Hermione. "I know all about you, of course -- I got a few extra buku for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century.
"Am I?" berkata Harry, feeling dazed.
"Goodness, didn't anda know, I'd have found out everything I could if it was me," berkata Hermione. "Do either of anda know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds sejak far the best; I hear Dumbledore himself was in it, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad.... Anyway, we'd better go and look for Neville's toad. anda two had better change, anda know, I expect we'll be there soon."
Her conversation with Harry is one sided and consists of her giving him information that she has read in a book. This sets up Hermione as the "fact giver" to Harry, a role that she continues to have through the first six books.
Later in this chapter she returns.
"What has been going on?" she said, looking at the sweets all over the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers sejak his tail.
I think he's been knocked out," Ron berkata to Harry. He looked closer at Scabbers. "No -- I don't believe it -- he's gone back to sleep-"
And so he had....
(snip some dialogue about Draco Malfoy>) ...He turned to Hermione. "Can we help anda with something?"
"You'd better hurry up and put your robes on, I've just been up to the front to ask the conductor, and he says we're nearly there. anda haven't been fighting, have you? You'll be in trouble before we even get there!"
"Scabbers has been fighting, not us," berkata Ron, scowling at her. "Would anda mind leaving while we change?"
"All right -- I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors," berkata Hermione in a sniffy voice. "And you've got dirt on your nose, sejak the way, did anda know?"
Ron glared at her as she left. Harry peered out of the window. It was getting dark. He could see mountains and forests under a deep purple sky. The train did seem to be slowing down.
Hermione and Ron both seek approval from the other in this first meeting. They want the other person to like them, and neither one gets that approval. They instead get disapproval, which puts a hold on their friendship, and that disapproval and delay in progression for them becomes a motif as the buku continue. Ron attempts to tunjuk her a spell (seeking approval) and fails, she says the spell isn't very good (not giving approval), and then brags about her spells working and memorizing all of her buku (seeking approval). He doesn't respond to her bragging (not giving approval). In the saat part of the scene she returns. Why does she return? We don't know her motivation, but it's worth noting that she immediately looks at Ron (looking at the sweets on the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers). Ron turns to her. Again note that Ron is the one who notices that she is still standing there. He scowls and tells her to go away (gives disapproval). She tells him he has dirt on his nose (gives disapproval). This completes the seeking approval, not getting the approval, receiving disapproval cycle. Harry's involvement in the sections with Hermione is very minimal. Rowling is emphasizing the first meeting of Ron and Hermione because that is what often happens in romantic storylines. A character meets their future Cinta interest very early in the story. This scene also foreshadows the misunderstandings that will make Ron and Hermione's friendship and romance full of arguments and conflict. If Hermione was meant to be Harry's future Cinta interest there would have been lebih emphasis placed on their very first interaction. There's actually lebih focus on Harry's very first contact with Ginny, Luna, Cho, Parvati, Fleur, and even Nymphadora, than with Hermione. Rowling made it clear very early that Hermione wasn't going to be a Cinta interest for Harry.
lebih emphasis is placed on Ron and Hermione when the sorting hat puts her in Gryffindor. Ron groans while Harry has no reaction. So far, Hermione has not had any effect, either positive atau negative, on Harry. Like her role in his life, she represents detached logic. However, Ron takes an interest in everything about her, even if it is at first an annoyed interest.
On Halloween, during Charms, Ron and Hermione are partnered together for the very first time. (Harry is partnered with Seamus.) Though neither one of them like being put together, their partnership is what eventually enables Ron to properly use Wingardium Leviosa later that evening, which not only saves everyone's life, but is the pivotal moment for the trio's bond. After Charms class, Rowling again emphasizes the Ron and Hermione approval/disapproval cycle. It is Ron's komen about Hermione's lack of Friends that puts her in tears and leads to her hiding in the bathroom. Despite all of the insults that Hermione's had to menanggung, bear in the first six buku from Draco, Rita, Snape, Umbridge, and the Slytherin girls, this is the only time she has ever reacted so strongly. She skipped classes and cried all afternoon. Clearly, Ron's opinion of her meant a lot. No one else has ever had that effect on her. And he, despite being annoyed with her, becomes very uncomfortable upon hearing how much she is upset. This is one of the few times Ron ever shows an apparent regret for insulting someone. Rowling wants us to see that these two have a soft spot for each other despite their initial dislike.
Let take a look at the troll battle in Chapter 10
Hermione Granger was shrinking against the dinding opposite, looking as if she was about to faint. The troll was advancing on her, knocking the sinks off the walls as it went.
"Confuse it!" Harry berkata desperately to Ron, and, seizing a tap, he threw it as hard as he could against the wall.
The troll stopped a few feet from Hermione. It lumbered around, blinking stupidly, to see what had made the noise. Its mean little eyes saw Harry. It hesitated, then made for him instead, lifting its club as it went.
"Oy, pea-brain!" yelled Ron from the other side of the chamber, and he threw a metal pipe at it. The troll didn't even seem to notice the pipe hitting its shoulder, but it heard the yell and paused again, turning its ugly snout toward Ron instead, giving Harry time to run around it.
"Come on, run, run!" Harry yelled at Hermione, trying to pull her toward the door, but she couldn't move, she was still flat against the wall, her mouth open with terror.
The shouting and the echoes seemed to be driving the troll berserk. It roared again and started toward Ron, who was nearest and had no way to escape.
Harry then did something that was both very Brave and very stupid: He took a great running jump and managed to fasten his arms around the troll's neck from behind. The troll couldn't feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if anda stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry's wand had still been in his hand when he'd jumped -- it had gone straight up one of the troll's nostrils.
Howling with pain, the troll twisted and flailed its club, with Harry clinging on for dear life; any second, the troll was going to rip him off atau catch him a terrible blow with the club.
Hermione had sunk to the floor in fright; Ron pulled out his own wand -- not knowing what he was going to do he heard himself cry the first spell that came into his head: "Wingardium Leviosa!"
The club flew suddenly out of the troll's hand, rose high, high up into the air, turned slowly over -- and dropped, with a sickening crack, onto its owner's head. The troll swayed on the spot and then fell flat on its face, with a thud that made the whole room tremble.
The troll scene is an important scene, not only for the trio, but for Ron and Hermione as a future pair. The hero, Harry, is reminded that Hermione is still in the girls' bathroom and doesn't know about the troll and needs to be saved. It's his quick thinking that gets the boys into the bathroom. Both boys fight bravely which is so important to the friendship they both eventually develop with Hermione. The reason why I say that it is also important for Ron and Hermione as a future pair is when Hermione is paralyzed with fear, Ron, without thinking, uses Wingardium Leviosa, the very spell that Hermione drilled into his head. Since the buku are written in Harry's point of view, this is a masterful way of letting the reader know that Ron already has Hermione's voice in his head. He does the spell that she helped him learn, ‘without thinking'. It was Harry's role as the hero to get them into the bathroom to fight the troll which leads to the friendship of the three of them. It is Ron's role to take over when Hermione is too scared to function. Without her, he wouldn't have known that spell and without him, the spell wouldn't have been performed at all. They are a team even before they are friends. We see the same thing at the end of the book, when Hermione knows how to kill the Devil's Snare, but is having a hard time thinking under pressure. Of course, it was Harry who suggests starting the fire, but she dismisses the idea because there is no wood. It is Ron who reminds her that she is a witch that doesn't need wood. The three of them all need each other to survive, but it's Ron and Hermione who seem to be the natural team, making up for what the other lacks. We're also seeing how, when in a dangerous situation, Hermione's voice is in Ron's head, and Ron can help Hermione function lebih effectively. In book 1, Rowling has shown how two people can overcome their initial differences to work together toward a common goal and eventually bond because of it.