Hagrid's changes--Azkaban

[absinthe at mad.scientist.com]

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voicelady at m... wrote:
>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. <snip>In the later books, Hagrid doesn't boom, 
>roar, tremble with rage or even give anyone a dirty look.  He's so 
>much more mild - heck, he's rather a marshmallow quite often on the 
>verge of tears."

I think spending time in Azkaban mellowed Hagrid out somewhat. I 
don't think Hagrid told Harry the finer details about his 
imprisonment because they were too horrible to relive particularly 
since Hagrid has a gentle soul. 

:-)Milz