[HPforGrownups] Re: Red-haired Gryffindors

[Odile Falaise]

No: HPFGUIDX 58692

Brief Chronicles wrote:
<<<I also wonder if the hair color really does matter
more than we know, and that's why the sorting is done
by a hat. Why not a cloak or a necklace or a goblet or
any other magical object? Other than reading students'
minds, which is the most obvious reason for the hat,
what if hair color provides real symbolism that
reflects your inner nature?>>>

Me (Odile):
Interesting idea - I love how symbolism is used in
this way.  However... Harry Potter himself has black
hair; not only that, but Dean Thomas and Lee Jordan
are both Gryffindors as well, and they both have black
hair (being black).  So, while maybe hair color was
significant for the founders of Hogwarts, I do not
think that it has any significance as far as the
students go. IMO, it seems as though the Sorting Hat
reads their minds. ^_^