Lockhart (was Re McGonagall/Teachers)

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No: HPFGUIDX 81519

Salit:
> Lockhart is the only choice I don't understand, as I am sure that 
> Dumbledore knew he was a fraud. Perhaps he had no other candidates 
> and took him as a last resort. Or maybe it was his quirky sense of 
> humor? Lockhart was one of the funniest characters in the entire 
> series...

Lockhart was the only person who applied for the job I believe.  
There is a discussion about this in CoS (sorry, I don't have the page 
reference handy).  Hermione says something along the lines that GL 
must be OK because Dumbledore thought him the best man for the job 
and Hagrid says he was the ONLY man for the job.  Hagrid continues 
that it is hard to get applicants because people are starting to 
believe the job is jinxed (which makes me wonder if there was a DADA 
teacher prior to Quirrell who also suffered an unhappy fate).  

I also think GL is hysterically funny, though quite sinister at the 
end.  

Julie, newbie from California who just reread CoS