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[sylviablundell2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 84618

I dont think Harry's wanting to be in Gryffindor has anything to do 
with what house his father was in.  Harry was anxious to get into 
Gryffindor largely because that was the house Ron wanted to be in, as 
all his family were.  Similarly, he was desperate not to be placed in 
Slytherin because of what Hagrid had told him, and the fact that 
Draco Malfoy (to whom he had taken an instant dislike) was anxious to 
get into Slytherin.  At this stage, Harry knows very little about 
Hogwarts, or any of its arrangements, or indeed of the WW in general.
The Sorting Hat's song may have influenced him a bit, but mostly I 
think it was a desire to be with Ron, the first real friend he had 
ever had.
Sylvia (whose question to JKR would be "Who the hell is Florence?"