[HPforGrownups] Why didn't Sirius escape?

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 24317

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mindy, a.k.a. CLH [mailto:mindyatime at juno.com]
> 
> I'm sorry if this has been debated before, but I am wondering why Sirius
> couldn't just transform back into a dog and disappear, once he was
> captured. Why did he need the elaborate TimeTurner machination?

I guess because they had locked him up in Flitwick's office. A
very thin dog could pass through the prison bars of his cell in
Azkaban, but it can't pass through a solid door. He did not
have a wand, so he couldn't unlock it. I am pretty sure they
had made sure that he could not escape by normal means,
and you can't Apparate within the grounds of Hogwarts.
So he needed someone to rescue him, and Dumbledore wasn't
keen that someone would guess who helped him to escape.

> Thirdly, if Dumbledore is the greatest wizard of his generation, why is
> he 'simply' a Headmaster of the School? Shouldn't he be the Minister of
> Magic or an even higher position? Or is it THAT important for him to be
> in the school because that is the training grounds for the next greatest
> wizards of the next generation?

Some people just don't like politics. We are told in PS that Dumbledore
turned down the job of Minister of Magic, Hagrid tells Harry so, and
since there wasn't another candidate, Fudge got the job. I am still
wondering why old Barty Crouch didn't become Minister for Magic,
though. I can't remember if we were given a valuable reason for this
in the books.

Monika
(the Sirius fan)

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