McGonagall and Mrs Figg

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No: HPFGUIDX 78055

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler"
<hickengruendler at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aint_no_muggle" 
> <issyippon at h...> wrote:
>  
> > 
> > 5) Plus - just a little point hardly worth mentioning - Why does 
> Mrs 
> > Figg look out for Harry and not some other Squib? Is it prehaps 
> > because M.McGonagall (who is a protector of Harry) also got her 
> > Sister to help her protect him?
> > 
> 
> This is IMO a very interesting point. I wondered about this, too. Or 
> better, I wondered why it was a squib at all. Mrs Figg might be loyal 
> to Dumbledore, but she isn't much of a help, if Harry is attacked. 
> Why not plant a witch or a wizard instead to watch over Harry (okay, 
> some, like Mundungus are there. But it is Mrs Figg, who is there all 
> the time).
> 
> Hickengruendler

Dumbledore's selection of a squib to be the long-term protector makes
more sense than a witch or wizard.  The use of magic to handle routine
tasks such as preparing meals or cleaning the house appears to be
firmly ingrained onto most magical persons that very few witches or
wizards would be able to adapt to a muggle lifestyle.  Mrs Figg, as a
squib, would have a much easier time converting to the muggle way of
doing things.  

A squib, unlike a muggle, would also be able to have some type of
enchanted communications device.  Mrs Figg is able to receive
directions from the Order, and can presumably send information also.
 
Allen