What house was Peter Pettigrew in?

[shadowgirl_900]

No: HPFGUIDX 40840

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:

> No, you didn't. In the book, Hagrid says this. Ron says it in the
*movie.*
> We seem to be having a rash of people confusing the movie and the book
> scenes, lately. I find this odd; several instances just in the past
month or
> so, when nobody seemed to have any trouble distinguishing them before.


   I think this is because it's now on out video and DVD and we are
watching it more.



> This has been discussed numerous times, but the best argument I
recall is
> that Hagrid (who *is* the source of the comment) is not always the best
> source of factually accurate statements. He tends to be more the
voice of
> emotion, not clear history. In context, with this comment Hagrid is not
> trying to impart a fact of history, he is trying to underscore the
depths of
> his dislike for Slytherin house.

   :::Nods::: Remember, when he said it, Harry was feeling terrible
about knowing nothing about the wizarding world. (A few paragraphs
before it, Hagrid had said, "Blimey, Harry, I keep forgettin' how
little yeh know - not knowin' about Quidditch!" And Harry's reply was,
"Don't make me feel worse." So we can guess Hagrid was feeling a bit
bad about depressing Harry.) So, Harry then asks what Slytherin and
Hufflepuff are, then gloomily says he's sure he'll be in Hufflepuff.
  Hagrid, seemingly as part warning and part a way to make Harry stop
moping, tells him, "Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin. There's not a
single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin."


> This is not unlike me saying, "There's not a person I know who lost
weight
> who wasn't in Weight Watchers." This isn't really true. But I might make
> such a statement simply to underscore how well I think the program
works.

    Exactly so! Above and beyond that, let's take into account that
Harry is depressed and upset right now. He's feeling in over his head
and is sure he'll fail. If you were Hagrid, would you make a statement
like, "Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin. There was only one wizard who
went bad who wasn't in Slytherin."
  You know if you do, Harry will ask, "Who was that?" And do you
really want to explain Sirius Black right now? I wouldn't. Knowing
that you will have the ability to see Harry every day while he's at
Hogwarts, would it not be better to wait and pick a time when you
think he'd ready to deal with the whole, ugly story on a plate?

{{{{{{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}}}}
    Laura