How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Quote #1
BARKEEP: Ah, Hagrid! The usual, I presume?
HAGRID: No thanks, Tom. I'm on official Hogwarts business today.
This is a quiet lesson for Harry. Having just met Hagrid—perhaps the first adult who he respects and looks up to—he sees Hagrid set his own pleasure aside for the sake of something more important. It's a lesson he'll learn quite well.
Quote #2
HERMIONE: Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled.
RON: She needs to sort out her priorities.
Duty isn't always as clear here as it could be, and it's up to Harry and his friends to determine where their real priorities are…and what rules can afford to be bent.
Quote #3
HERMIONE: It's my fault, Professor McGonagall.
MCGONAGALL: Miss Granger?
HERMIONE: I went looking for the troll. I'd read about them and thought I could handle it. But I was wrong. If Harry and Ron hadn't come and found me, I'd probably be dead.
MCGONAGALL: Be that as it may, it was an extremely foolish thing to do. I would have expected more rational behavior on your part, and I am very disappointed in you, Miss Granger.
This is an important moment of growth for Hermione. She lies to protect her friends, realizing that her duty to them is more important than following the school rules.