Do the Dead Walk?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 89268

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ladyramkin2000"
<ladyramkin2000 at y...> wrote:
> Anne writes that Hagrid has never lied thus far in the series.
> 
> I'm pretty sure he was lying when Harry asked what he was doing in 
> Knockturn Alley in CoS.  His explanation that he was looking for a 
> Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent doesn't sound convincing to me.  Can't 
> prove it, of course, just feel he had some other (not necessarily 
> bad) reason for being there.
> 
> Sylvia (who feels that we can't say, at this stage, of anyone that he 
> never lies)


Not to mention that JKR's other good characters sometimes lie--even
Hermione in the troll-in-the-bathroom scene in PS/SS. Harry even lies
to Dumbledore about not having anything to tell him (Parseltongue,
etc.) in CoS. I'm sure there are other more recent examples, but as
I'm rereading the early books at the moment, that's where my thoughts
are now.

Hagrid does make seemingly factual statements that turn out to be
wrong, notably that all the witches and wizards who went wrong were
from Slytherin (if you think that Peter Pettigrew was a Slytherin,
this example won't work for you, but I'm sure there are others). I
mentioned his inconsistent versions of the flying motorcycle story in
a previous post. I don't think he's lying, but his emotions may have
interfered with the accuracy of his memory. Happens to me all the
time. :-)

Carol