Hagrid/Expelled student's Magic OOP
davidbartmess
david.bartmess at myactv.net
Sat Jul 5 23:18:59 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 67700
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "chappysmom" <DBoyken at a...>
wrote:
> <snip>
(2) If they've been wrongfully expelled as Hagrid
> was--is there some sort of equivalency course they can take to
catch
> up (like an American GED for a high-school equivalency degree). Is
> Hagrid forever stuck at the level he was at when he was expelled,
> and can he never buy himself a new wand?
>
> --Deb
In CoS we see that Filth has a letter from Kwickspell: A
correspondence course in beginners' magic. Presumably there would
be other classes for adults who need to learn or brush up on their
magic.
Good question about the wand... What is there to stop someone from
just buying a new wand if theirs is snapped by the MoM. Ron gets a
new wand in POA, and Neville's wand gets broken in OOP, so he'll
need a new one. Maybe shops like Ollivanders are monitored, and
he's only allowed to sell wands to Wizzards/witches in "good
standing", and wizzarding childred old enough to attend school.
What I find weird is that in interviews, JKR says that Hagrid
is now allowed to use magic since his name has been cleared, but in
OOP, Hagrid is telling Harry, Ron and Hermione about his finding the
giants over the summer. "We had to go slow, 'cause I'm not really
s'posed ter use magic an' we knew the Ministry'd be lookin' few a
reason ter run us in." So cannon seems to somewhat contradict JKR's
interview.
David Bartmess
More information about the HPforGrownups
archive