I *HATE* Hagrid! (kinda long)

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 69349

zebco606 :

> Hagrid is the perfect caricature of the big simple guy with the 
> heart of gold. Underline simple.
> 
> But then, we see his absolute loyalty to Dumbledore, his love for 
> his father, his tenderness with the children.

He likes DD because DD saved his skin more than once. But he doesn't 
mind disobeying DD when he wants to : showing Harry and Madame Maxime 
the dragons, hiding Grawp in the Forest, stuff like that.
His love for his father (or even for his mother, for that matter), I 
can't deny.
His tenderness with the children ? Well, he's very choosy on that 
one ! HRH, all right, but what about the others ? He doesn't seem to 
care much that so many of his students get bitten, burned, scratched, 
or whatever, during his lessons. I don't call that tenderness.

> OK, he loves big creatures. He's a big guy. And he has a hard 
> time "sizing down" his interests to share them with the kids.

Nope : he has a hard time putting the kids' interests first. 
Basically, he thinks that because he likes something, the kids will 
too. He doesn't care about what THEY want or need, only about what HE 
likes.

> But I think Hagrid has a lot on the ball. Even though his wand was 
> broken at Hogwart's, and it's obvious to us it's his wand, but 
> apparently he's been using it ever since without getting caught.

So much for obeying DD's orders...

> He is accepted (up until his protection of Firenze) by 
> the "creatures" of the Dark Forest.

As I see it, it's more a matter of "I'll let you do your business if 
you let me do mine". The centaurs don't *accept* him, they merely 
tolerate him. And also, he is the school's gamekeeper, so I guess 
he's got some kind of "authority" on some creatures in the Forest.

> He has, in some cases, an acute understanding of human nature.  It 
> was he who put together the photo album for Harry. 

This I admit : when he cares about someone, he goes to great lengths 
to help them. He put together this album, he talks to the boys when 
they are mad at Hermione and she's so sad, etc... And he brings back 
his little half-brother because he is being mistreated...

> I think I'd have loved to have Hagrid as a teacher.

I wouldn't !!!! I would have been TERRIFIED !!! Each and every time, 
I would have wondered what new monstruosity he was going to bring up 
to class. You know, when Parvati and Lavender were so happy after 
their first lesson with Pr Grubby-Plank, when they studied Unicorns 
and they said this was what they thought a Care for Magical Creatures 
lesson should be like, I COMPLETELY AGREED WITH THEM. I completely 
understood them, and shared their relief and pleasure. I would take 
Pr Grubby-Plank over Hagrid any day.

> And I know he's brought a lot of aggravation... but what would you 
> put up with for absolute trust.

If you will remember, absolute trust is precisely what brought Harry 
to make a most stupid and careless promise to Hagrid in OoP, one that 
could have resulted in his and Hermione's death...

Del