McGonagall and Mrs Figg

[S Handel]

No: HPFGUIDX 78064

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "luna_loco" <peckham at c...> 
wrote:
> --- 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

Now Susan:
I think that Mrs. Figg being the one to watch over Harry was very 
appropriate for the reasons that Allen stated.  However, until the 
Dark Lord returned to his body, no one (even DD) felt he needed a 
full witch or wizard looking over him.  Hence the Guard Duty of the 
Order with the invisibility cloaks.
Susan