[HPforGrownups] The Hat, the sword and the chamber, and Dumbledore

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No: HPFGUIDX 51522

David says this:

> Dumbledore's statement about 'only a true Gryffindor' as a deduction 
> from a choice made by the Hat gains force when we consider the Hat's 
> normal function.  It isn't just that when Harry was in difficulty, 
> he got a Gryffindor objrct: Dumbledore's point is that the Hat, 
> which was the source of Harry's doubt in the first place, when given 
> a free choice of its own, picked Gryffindor's sword.  As others have 
> argued, the force of this argument is weakened if Dumbledore himself 
> was the one who selected the sword.

And it gets me thinking:

Wait a minute, lets think of the normal function of the hat:  It choses which 
house the students belong to.  It weighs bravery, loyalty, ambition, and 
intelligence to place them correctly.

I know that there has already been much discussion over the 'how does it 
know' question, but i think i have found a viable theory.

Well, look at it this way, if *you* were a founder, how would you enchant a 
hat to think for you in selecting students.  Maybe, /put a bit of yourself 
into it?/  Maybe the sword was Godric's representitive in the hat.  After 
all, swords are a classic symbol of bravery, Gryffindor's trait.  

So maybe DD did tell Fawkes to bring the hat, but it wouldn't be just because 
the hat could give him the sword.  Although he probably thought it would be, 
it could have also been a bow and arrow (wisdom) a shield (loyalty) or a 
short sword (ambition)

So, even if it was, say, Cedric Diggory in the chamber, bringing the hat 
would still have helped.

Also, fawkes may have the standing order to bring the hat if DD is ever not 
around and someone shows loyalty to him.

-scheherazade


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