Blog Post #1; Prompt #1

Through out discussions in class and the perspectives viewed upon for Hermione, I especially connect with her character's drive. Her drive to prove herself whether to the boys, Harry and Ron, that she seems consistently in a know it all rage. I feel this is really just her trying to gain confidence and strength as a strong woman. Whether it is for the case of being woman or on the other hand coming from muggle born parents, she feels she has much to prove. As taunting of mud blood and such follows her as well as it being a struggle in the general culture of the wizarding world, this is a fight for minority which I feel is identifiable with majority of people. Those who have felt alienated in their past due to things that just make the person more individual and especial are not something to doubt a person on. Hermione is a prime example of someone who continually persevered to rise to the challenge and that being muggle born was not something to hinder her abilities. 

 Another determination factor that drives Hermione that I especially identified with was her infatuation with the wizarding world. Those like Ron and Malfoy never had the experience of having literally no idea about magic. On the other hand Hermione had been thrown into a world once she got her letter that one muggle born could barely even comprehend. This diving into a world that I only wish was real was something special and one of a kind to Hermione. She does everything possible to immerse herself in a world many of us only wish we could do the same with.