Gagged Harry (WAS Wizard weaknesses, stereotypes)

[becky at mackenab.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29197

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jason Bailey <jbailey at r...> wrote:
> Hello Cindy,
> 
> Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 4:36:11 AM, you wrote:
> 
> CC> Tabouli wrote:
> 
  Also, 
> CC> Harry would have been doing a bit more screaming in the 
graveyard 
> CC> scene had he not had a rag stuffed into his mouth.
> 
> CC> While I'm on the subject, why did JKR have Wormtail stuff a rag 
in 
> CC> Harry's mouth?  Is it to spare us Harry's screams when Wormtail 
cuts 
> CC> off his hand?  I've always wondered what this was supposed to 
convey.
> 
> Come on, all good villains bind and gag their captives ;) I think
> Wormtail did this for his own protection...what would Voldy have 
done
> to Wormy if Harry spouted off "I save your life and this is how you
> repay me?!?" Also, it has been discussed that magic be performed
> without a wand...maybe he was bound and gagged so he couldn't 
perform
> any type of incantation. A good point for speculation, 
Cindy...thanks!

No, I think the gag just points out Wormtail's cowardace.  He's too 
cowardly to face the screams that he's causing.