[HPforGrownups] Ron might die! Nah, I think it is Hagrid

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 54684

> >1. Hagrid
>
>Rowling has in an interview ascertained that Hagrid
>is going to be around in all the books (that does
>not, of course, exclude the possibility of him
>returning as Hagrid the Ghost, but it didn't really
>sound that way to me).
>

*breathes heavy sigh of relief*

You wouldn't happen to know where I could find that interview, would you?

Hagrid is my favorite character, but I've been convinced that he was Wearing 
The Red Shirt because he seemed the most plausible alternative (I don't 
believe Ron or Hermione will die, although of the two, Ron seems the most 
likely). And I don't think it's Dumbledore. People say that it's traditional 
that one of the hero's mentors should die, but when you get right down to 
it, Dumbledore hasn't been that much of a mentor -- he hasn't actually 
taught Harry anything or told him anything (but that's about to change! 
Oops.).  Lupin or Sirius have been much better mentor figures and although I 
like both of them a lot I could stand either of their deaths better than 
Hagrid's.

While we're talking about Hagrid, I disagree with those who say he has an 
uncontrollable temper. He yells a lot. He's very emotional. But the only 
times we actually see him *lose* his temper is when Dumbledore is insulted 
(the Dursleys and Karkaroff). That's twice in four books.


Janet Anderson

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