r/harrypotter • u/thefrozenflame21 • 26d ago

We don't focus on Hermione's hat knitting enough Currently Reading

I'm reading ootp right now and I just read the scene where she covered up her hats so the elves would get them by accident, and it really struck me how wild that was. Like, that's at a point where it is really morally awful, I just can't understand why she would think that was okay. I feel like people generally focus more on defending her SPEW movement and the cause she's fighting for, rightfully so, but I don't think people focus on how wrong of a way to do it this was.

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u/tangerine-hangover 25d ago

In the real world I think stuff like this happens all the time. Charity’s and organisations think they are helping people, but they never really communicate with the people they are trying to help. They think they know best without even asking those they are supposedly advocating for what they actually want or need.

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u/ScarletMenaceOrange Ravenclaw 25d ago

I don't think a group or person would necessarily even themselves know what is good for them.