[HPforGrownups] Hagrid's changes

[Monika Zaboklicka]

No: HPFGUIDX 12400




> On Fri, 16 February 2001, "Jeralyn" wrote:
>And it totally struck me how, in the first book, Hagrid was much more
assertive than in the later books.  The argument against this was that Harry
didn't *know* Hagrid yet, and that's the way he saw him.  But I'm not so
sure.  Take some of these examples:
>
> "Budge up, yeh great lump."
> "Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great prune."
<snip>

I' ve got a horrible feeling that Hagrid wouldn't be so rude if the Dursleys
were wizards. Sure, he was furious for what they did to Harry, and what
Vernon told about Dumbledore, but - as Jeralyn said - we don't see Hagrid in
a state like this again.

> In the later books, Hagrid doesn't boom, roar, tremble with rage or even
give anyone a dirty look.

Well, can't agree with you here:
- in CoS, Hagrid stormed Dumbledore's office shouting that Harry couldn't
had attacked Justin and Nick, and later told Lucius Malfoy to leave his hut
(I still can't decide if he was really more stupid than brave then)
- in GoF, he actually attacked Karakoff and called him some bad names and
didn't even listen to Dumbledore at first (surprise, surprise)!

>He's so much more mild - heck, he's rather a marshmallow quite often on the
verge of tears.

That's right - with some reservations - I believe he *was* crying after
Norbert in PS/SS, wasn't he?
I'm so much afraid that it was Dursleys' being Muggle that made all that
difference. On the other hand, he did attack Headmaster of Durmstrang - but
then our dear Igor is not what I can call a hero, and perhaps Dumbledore's
presence made some difference. I don't know. But I don't like that idea.

Monika Z.
(The Snape fan)