[HPforGrownups] Pure/Half-blood - Filch

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Rosie asked:
**Wonder if there's any significance in "Norris"...**

Mrs Norris is the name of a character in Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen. JKR is an Austen fan, so many have assumed that there's a connection.

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From: "rosie" <crana at ntlworld.com>
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Pure/Half-blood - Filch
Real-To:  "rosie" <crana at ntlworld.com>

Jo said:
  "I thought they were supposed to represent how powerful they were for JK's reference?  That wouldn't necessarily mean that the symbols stood for their pureness (or not) of blood, would it?  Hermione is (or seems to be for now) a much more powerful witch than, say, Neville - but she is Muggle-born and Neville is pure-blood.  On the blood front though, how pure is Harry?  His mum and dad were a witch and a wizard, but his mum was Muggle-born, so does that make him pure-blood or half-blood?"

  I would have thought that made him pure-blood: both magical parents. Yet Riddle says Harry is a "half-blood" like himself, which seemed to me to be very strange. I thought it might just be a mistake...

  Heidi said:
  "But Filch can work some magical items - things like Mrs Skower's cleaning supplies, for one. And it's implied that Muggles can enjoy Magical things in Book 3 when hermione says that she wants the toothflossing stringmints for her parents, and in Book 4 when dudley eats the twins' candy. He just, it seems, can't use anything that needs a wand."
  All the best stuff needs a wand :) I mean the shrinking keys Mr Weasley mentions obviously "work" for Muggles (although I'm not sure they enjoy them!). I think there might be a difference (as you say with the wands) between things you operate (e.g. the map, things that are more wand-based) and things that are magically created but don't require magic to be operated (e.g. cleaning supplies, toffee). I didn't explain it very well, but I was imagining Filch confiscating these items, jealous of the students b
eing able to work them, then getting very frustrated with not being able to work them himself and throwing them in a drawer.

  Ok, maybe I'm stretching the "filch/steal" thing a bit far. At least his first name is easy to interpret! Wonder if there's any significance in "Norris"...




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