Sorting Hat Resposibilities WAS: Quirrell & Voldemort - McGonagall & Divination

[Grumpermuffin87 at aol.com]

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Alexander said:

>  First theory assumes that the Hat has a single
> personality, combined from all four founders. This is
> actually the worst possibility, as in this case the Hat has
> only a single reason to act: self-preservation. That is, the
> Hat is interested in maintaining the situation when Hat's
> services are required. As such, Sorting Hat is directly
> responsible for the stagnation of Wizarding World on
> medieval level.
> 

This theory that you are suggesting seems to be saying that The Sorting Hat 
decides where people go.  I think that its more who the person is, and the 
Sorting Hat just reads their head that probably already knows where they are 
going to go.  It seems to me that no one is upset or surprised when being 
sorted(or as far as we've seen) and I expect they'd be thinking "Oh, thats 
where I wanted to go.." or "That's where I expected to go."  
In Harry's case, he didn't care where he went as long as it wasn't slytherin. 
 But his personality seems more Gryffindor than Slytherin  and I'm not 
entirely convinced that his personality would change had he been sorted into 
Slytherin.  
Going back to my point (hopefully there is one here),  I think the sorting 
hat isn't necessarily a person who decides where one goes, but more a device 
that reads where one should go.
~Muffin, who is a newcomer and having problems making her point without 
confusing herself


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