Cats in Harry Potter

[hsowaw2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 41202

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> What are everyone's views on the nature of cats in Harry Potter?
> 
> First there is Mrs. Norris.  No one likes her of course, but is she 
really that bad?  She's only doing her job, after all, trying to help 
her master do his job.  Students hate her, but are they really 
supposed to be snooping around the halls?  I think Mrs. Norris gets  
a bad rap, she's only trying to help.
> 
> Second, Crookshanks.  We're not supposed to like her at first.  She 
tries to eat Scabbers.  Causes fights between Ron and Hermione.  But 
yet she is really a better judge of character.  She recognized what 
no one else could in Scabbers--should've let her eat him when they 
had the chance.
> 
> Third, McGonagall transforms into a cat.  It seems like the other 
two cats mentioned above are viewed as "bad" but really aren't.  
McGonagall is good, right?  Right?  I was not looking for a Evil 
McGonagall connection in this, but have I found it anyway?  Could it 
be that the cats in Harry Potter are the opposite of what they 
appear?  Bad=good and Good=bad?  Or am I thinking too much?
> 


You forgot Arabella Figg's cats.
She bores harry with stories of them. Maybe she does this, because 
Harry isn't ~supposed~ to find her interesting. This way she can stay 
in the background, and do her job of protecting Harry. Perhaps her 
cats are less average than Harry is led to believe?

--Jasmine