[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Can't Hagrid Do Magic?

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 43957

Phyllis commenting on my suggestion that depriving someone of the right to 
perform magic is not a light punishment:

> While I know Hagrid tells Harry in PS/SS that he's not allowed to do 
> magic, I think there's evidence in canon that he does quite a bit of 
> magic anyway (whether it's legal or not is a different issue!).
> 
<snip lots of examples>

Oh, I perfectly agree. Hagrid gets away with a lot. First of all, he still (I 
think) has his wand, hidden in that umbrella and secondly, Dumbledore seems 
to turn a blind eye to what he gets up to at Hogwarts.

But if he really *was* deprived of his wand, and didn't live at Hogwarts with 
a benevolent headmaster, I think he, or anyone else in that position would 
have a pretty hard time. I was talking about what the punishment was 
*supposed* to be, rather than the way it panned out for this particular 
individual, as I think you recognise. IMO, it amounts nearly to ostracism.

Eloise


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