Why Is Hermione Granger Important To You?

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How often can you find a story and feel so moved with a character, that it changes you? How frequently does a character help influence how you react to a situation? Hermione Granger was that character for me. For as long as I can remember, I have had a special place in my heart for reading. As a child, fantasy was always my go to genre. I was always excited to start a new adventure in these stories, that I quickly sped through them without a second thought. As one can imagine, its was hard to find a character that has as much of a love for books as the child reading the story might. The stories were always about the daring hero and his quest to defeat the vile villain and save the world. That's when Hermione Granger came into the picture. An

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