Hermione

Hermione's most prominent features include her prodigious intellect and cleverness. She is levelheaded, book-smart, and always very logical. Throughout the series, Hermione uses the skills of a librarian and teacher to gather the information necessary to defeat Voldemort, the "Dark Lord". When in doubt, it is to the school library that Hermione always turns to.

She is often bossy yet unfailingly dutiful and loyal to her friends—a person who can always be counted on. J.K. Rowling stated that Hermione is a person that, "never strays off the path; she always keeps her attention focused on the job that must be done."

Despite Hermione's intelligence and bossy attitude, Rowling says that Hermione has "quite a lot of vulnerability in her personality,"

as well as a "sense of insecurity underneath," feels, "utterly inadequate... and to compensate, she tries and strives to be the best at everything at school, projecting a confidence that irritates people."

During her Defence Against the Dark Arts exam, Hermione reveals that her biggest fear is failure after a Boggart takes the form of Professor McGonagall and tells her that she has failed all her exams.

Hermione is extremely compassionate and is very quick to help others, especially those who are defenceless, such first-years, House-Elves, fellow Muggle-borns, half-giants like Hagrid, and werewolves like Lupin. It was revealed by J.K. Rowling after the publication of the final book that Hermione's career in the Ministry was to fight for the rights of the oppressed and disenfranchised (such as House-elves or Muggle-borns). Hermione is also very protective of her friends and values them so much that Rowling has suggested that, if Hermione had looked in the Mirror of Erised, she would have seen Harry, Ron, and herself "alive and unscathed, and Voldemort finished."

Hermione has also learned to ignore what bullies such as Draco Malfoy say to her, often preventing Harry and Ron from retaliating and thinking of some way to outsmart him. She accepts her status as a Muggle-born witch, and states in Deathly Hallows that she is "a Mudblood and proud of it".

She is also secretly in love with her friends.

After a long cold day, you decide to relax by a fire and read one of your favorite novels. As the night goes on a strange storm erupts around your house. Green lightning bolts strike the ground before your house. The winds wipe through the air banging the windows glass. without warning the glass breaks the wind sweeps you up and carrots you off to the darkness. You wake up confused and somewhere not home but familiar. you see a girl running towards you. She keeps calling you Ron, but you’re not Ron. You recognize that girl that’s Hermione. You realize that you are trapped in your favorite novel.

“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things! — Friendship! And Bravery!” “It means “dirty blood.” Mudblood’s a foul name for someone who’s Muggle-born. Someone with non-magic parents. Someone like me. It’s not a term one usually hears in civilized conversation.” “One person can’t feel all that at once, they’d explode.” “It would be quite nice if you stopped jumping down out throats, Harry, because in case you haven’t noticed, Ron and I are on your side.” “A warmth was spreading through him that had nothing to do with the sunlight; a tight obstruction in his chest seemed to be dissolving. He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.” “That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,” said Snape coolly. “Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.” “I mean, it’s sort of exciting isn’t it? Breaking the rules.” “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.” “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!” “I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!” “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have!” “Next time there’s a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!” “Just because it’s taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn’t mean no one else has spotted I’m a girl!” “Actually I’m highly logical which allows me to look past extraneous detail and perceive clearly that which others overlook.” “You know, the Egyptians used to worship cats.”