Chapter Questions

[Ali Wildgoose]

No: HPFGUIDX 28052


>2. How does Hagrid know Harry and Ron have Friday afternoons off?  Perhaps
>all students, or all first-years, do.?

Maybe not all students do, but it's fair to assume that all first year 
Gryffidors do.  It shouldn't have been too hard to him to look up their 
schedual.  You could do that sort of thing at my high school, and we didn't 
even have a magical filing system. ;}

>3. Why is there such enmity between Hagrid and Filch?  Why does Filch put
>Mrs. Norris up to following Hagrid everywhere inside the castle?

There are loads of reasons why Filch wouldn't like Hagrid.  For one, Hagrid 
actually has some magic ability, even if he's techincally not allowed to use 
it.  Filch, being a squib, would envy this in any wizard.  And while he 
wouldn't dare to take out his frustrations on a professor, he obviously has 
no problem doing so with students.  Hagrid, being on roughly the same level 
as Filch, would also make a handy target.

>4. Why doesn't Hagrid want Harry to know that Snape hates him?  Why 
>couldn't
>he have just said, "Snape has some Issues.  They'll sort themselves out
>eventually."  This would not have betrayed Hagrid's confidence in a 
>teacher,
>and it would have satisifed Harry's questions for a while -- maybe.  Of
>course, it would have taken a bit of impetus from Harry's interest in
>detective work, but still, I'm curious to know why Hagrid is being coy; it
>doesn't seem necessary.

I think Hagrid has a very definate idea of who the "bad guys" and "good 
guys" are.  And as it evidenced by his attitude towards the Slytherins, he's 
also an all-or-nothing sort of person.  Once someone has his confidence, 
that confidence is total and unwavering.  Dumbledore is someone he trusts 
implicitly, and since Dumbledore has chosen to trust Snape, so must Hagrid.  
It's in his nature to assume the best of people (and certain baby dragons 
and giant spiders) who fit into this category, regardless of evidence 
otherwise.

So, it might not be that Hagrid was hiding anything.  Just that he's 
unwilling to consider that Snape might not always have the best of 
intentions.

Still, I could very easily be wrong. ;}

Ali

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Harry Potter for Slightly Older Folk


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