[HPforGrownups] Trevor the Toad

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 90038

yellobanana08 at hotmail.com writes:

> -Otherwise, what would be the point of introducing him?  He doesn't 
> really DO anything, or add to the plot. 

I disagree.  Trevor serves a definite purpose, especially in Book 1.
Neville's constant misplacing of Trevor introduces the concept that
he (Neville) is a bumbler, an accident on two feet.  Most familiars
tend to look after themselves, and return when expected, but Trevor
is constantly getting away, which can be taken to mean that Trevor
knows where he should be better than Neville does.

Others have speculated (and this is a theory to which I do NOT
subscribe) that Trevor is in fact Uncle Algie transformed, and 
his function is to keep a constant eye on Neville, who is, in fact,
an extremely powerful wizard under an enchantment of failure cast
by his own family (for his protection - as the Prophecy would seem to 
apply nearly as well to him as to Harry)

The only thing I'm sure about is that there is something going on 
with Neville, his parents, and his grandmother which we have not been
given full particulars of.  Just as an errant thought - does anybody know
the average life span of a toad?

  --  Ray


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