[HPforGrownups] Re: The Useless Animagus

[Kathryn Wolber]

No: HPFGUIDX 53656


 
 buddhacat <buddhacat at yahoo.com> wrote:
psychodudeneo wrote:
Every Animagus we've seen so far has been perfectly adapted to that 
> wizard's needs.<snip>

 buddhacat <buddhacat at yahoo.com> wrote:

That's a good point.  But, even if forms are not chosen, which came 
first, the animal form or the profession?  I mean, what if Rita 
became a reporter because it suited her insect form?  And maybe 
Minerva is used to inflitrate Muggle areas because she can turn into 
a cat, not the other way around.  So maybe the needs are perfectly 
adapted to the animal form, rather than the form being perfectly 
adapted to the needs.

Me: 

I have a few things to say about this.  First, I agree somewhat with the adapting the needs to the animal arguement.  But, the way I see it is that the animal is a representation of the person's personality. McGonagall is elegant, sleek, well groomed, soft spoken, and occassionally tempermental--so she became a cat.  Peter Pettigrew is a little jerk who betrayed his friends--so he became a rat.  James was proud and confident--so he became a stag.  After having a hard time coming up with the dog comparison for Sirius, he was a loyal, best friend to James--so of course he became a dog, man's best friend.:) 

~Kathryn



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