Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger is a female literary character who features in Harry Potter.
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Biography
Hermione Jean Granger was a female human born on 19 September, 1979 as an English Muggle-born witch where she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Granger. She and her family were unaware of her nature with them just bemused by the oddities around her. It was only when she was 11 years old that she was surprised to learn that she was a witch and invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She eagerly accepted the offer and before even attending her first year she began studying everything about magic from spells books. She even managed to perform a few spells successfully and she looked to learn more about the wizarding world.
She was on the Hogwarts Express where she met Harry Potter and Ron Weasley where she mocked the latter for his inability to perform a spell that would turn his rat yellow. She was present when the pair were helping Neville Longbottom find his pet toad, Trevor. Hermione demonstrated knowledge and talent with magic beyond most of those her age, despite having only recently discovered that she was a witch. She wished to be a Gryffindor or a Ravenclaw, and her wish was granted considering she did get sorted into Gryffindor. Hermione soon proved to be the best in all her classes, eager to please the professors and to help others learn, albeit in a bossy way that made it difficult for her to make friends. Although she was a know-it-all, Hermione did often help Neville Longbottom, who struggled in most classes other than Herbology. Hermione strictly followed all school rules and tried to prevent other students from breaking rules and getting into trouble. On one night, she followed Harry and Ron as they were leaving Gryffindor Tower to duel Draco Malfoy. They were chased by Argus Filch, acting on a tipoff by Malfoy, into the third-floor corridor — forbidden to students — where they came face-to-face with Fluffy, a three-headed dog belonging to Hagrid. Later on, she argued that her spying was to their benefit when she pointed out the dog had been standing on a trapdoor, which neither Harry nor Ron had noticed.
The friendship between Harry, Ron and Hermione was solidified when, on Hallowe'en in 1991, the three were forced to confront a mountain troll, which had been secretly let into the school by Professor Quirinus Quirrell. Unaware that a troll was on the loose in the school, Hermione had spent that day crying in the girls' bathroom after overhearing Ron making unkind comments about her. The troll made its way into the bathroom she was in, and Harry and Ron came to her rescue, saving her. When Professors Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape and Quirinus Quirrell arrived at the scene, Hermione covered for the boys, claiming she was fighting the troll because she had thought that she could manage, having read a great deal about them and that Ron and Harry had merely come to help her escape. From then on, the three students were best friends and spent large amounts of time together. The incident with the troll was by no means her only adventure in that first year. During the first Quidditch match, Hermione set Professor Snape's robes on fire when she thought he was jinxing Harry's broom. In the spring of 1992, Hagrid, now a friend of Hermione's through Harry, managed to procure a Dragon egg, the unlicensed possession of which was illegal. The three children secretly helped Hagrid care for the beast, which he had named Norbert. When the dragon was discovered, she and Harry smuggled it out of the school to some friends of Ron's elder brother, Charlie Weasley, who worked as a dragon-tamer.
Over time, she and Ron came to have two children who were named Rose Granger-Weasley and Hugo Granger-Weasley.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Hermione Granger was a human female with light skin, bright brown eyes and a long mane of bushing brown hair.
Hermione was noted for being both extremely intellectual curious and very hard-working, coming out on top in most of her classes.
Granger was very responsible, a strict perfectionist and well put-together who often attempted to act as the voice of reason among her more impulsive friends, to varying levels of success. These traits led to her being made a prefect during her fifth year. Throughout her entire school career, Hermione was insistent on order and steadfastly devoted to the rules, often at the expense of her popularity.
In time, she had a daughter named Rose Granger-Weasley and a son named Hugo Granger-Weasley.
Powers and abilities
Though born to Muggle parents, Hermione herself had the ability to use magic and had the powers of a witch.
Notes
- Hermione Granger was created by J. K. Rowling where she featured in the setting of the Harry Potter universe.
In other media
Films
- In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione Granger appeared in the setting of the 2001 live-action film where she was portrayed by actress Emma Watson.
Video games
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: (1997)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
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