Tja, delvis, för att som bleh säger i sitt svar , tog Hermione och professor Trelawney bort på fel fot ganska. Strax i början av lektionen, före händelsen i frågan, blev Hermione avfrontad när professor Trelawney uttalade att "böcker kan bara ta dig så långt i detta område." Detta går väldigt emot Hermions metoder och lutningar.
'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 learnt all our set books off by heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough - I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?'
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - p.79 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 6, The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Det är också möjligt att professor McGonagall redan har satt Hermione lite:
'Anyway, who says the centaurs are right? It sounds like fortune-telling to me, and Professor McGonagall says that's a very imprecise branch of magic.'
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - p.190 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 15, The Forbidden Forest
Men mestadels tror jag att det bara är att Hermione är en skeptiker och en rationalist i hela serien.
Till exempel kan du komma ihåg att i Fångare av Azkaban , dödas lavendelens djurkanin av en räv. I den första lektionen hade professor Trelawney sagt till Lavendel att den sak hon fruktar kommer att hända den sextonde oktober. Den 16 oktober får Lavendel nyheterna och tar det som en bekräftelse på Trelawneys förutsägelse. Hermione är inte imponerad.
Hermione hesitated; then she said, 'You - you were dreading Binky being killed by a fox?'
'Well, not necessarily by a fox,' said Lavender, looking up at Hermione with streaming eyes, 'but I was obviously dreading him dying, wasn't I?'
'Oh,' said Hermione. She paused again. Then -
'Was Binky an old rabbit?'
'N-no!' sobbed Lavender. 'H-he was only a baby!'
Parvati tightened her arm around Lavender's shoulders.
'But then, why would you dread him dying?' said Hermione.
Parvati glared at her.
'Well, look at it logically,' said Hermione, turning to the rest of the group. 'I mean, Binky didn't even die today, did he, Lavender just got the news today -' Lavender wailed loudly '- and she can't have been dreading it, because it's come as a real shock -'
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - p.112 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 8, Flight of the Fat Lady
Återigen, i samtalet med Xenophilius Lovegood om Hallows.
I själva verket är så karaktäristisk det här av Hermione, att Dumbledore litar på det. Det var därför han gav Hermione Beedle Bard's Tales.'But then ... do you mean ...' said Hermione slowly, and Harry could tell that she was trying to keep any trace of scepticism out of her voice, 'that you believe these objects - these Hallows - actually exist?'
Xenophilius raised his eyebrows again.
'Well, of course.'
'But,' said Hermione, and Harry could hear her restraint starting to crack, 'Mr Lovegood, how can you possibly believe -?'
'Luna has told me all about you, young lady,' said Xenophilius, 'you are, I gather, not unintelligent, but painfully limited. Narrow. Close-minded.'
[...]
'All right,' said Hermione, disconcerted. 'Say the Cloak existed ... what about the stone, Mr Lovegood? The thing you call the Resurrection Stone?'
'What of it?'
'Well, how can that be real?'
'Prove that it is not,' said Xenophilius.
Hermione looked outraged.
'But that's - I'm sorry, but that's completely ridiculous! How can I possibly prove it doesn't exist? Do you expect me to get hold of - of all the pebbles in the world, and test them? 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!'
'Yes, you could,' said Xenophilius. 'I am glad to see that you are opening your mind a little.'
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - pp.333-4 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 21, The Tale of the Three Brothers
Själv är jag väldigt mycket med Hermione på detta och det kan jag säga att om jag var i ett klassrum med någon som Trelawney och jag hörde dem prata som Trelawney gör det i frågan, skulle jag vara lika hyfsad och föraktig . Andra skulle inte, och för att jag gillar reppunkter kommer jag inte att gå in på allt detta här ...: P Men det är verkligen inget att bli förvånad över.'I am afraid I counted on Miss Granger to slow you up, Harry.'
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - p.577 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 35, King's Cross