Slytherin House : evil ? (was : Cheering on Harry )

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 101232

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dawn" <thebusylife at e...> wrote:
> Dawn:
> 
> But did the hat really WANT to put Harry in Slytherin?  I thought 
> that when the hat was placed on his head, Harry started 
> saying "Please not Slytherin."  That's when the hat started telling 
> him about how he could be great there.  But I don't believe that it 
> is said whether the hat actually WANTED to put him there.  
> Dawn


Alla:

Dawn, thank you. That is exactly what I meant. Even though Rowling 
calls Hat "sincere". I am not sure at all that it wanted to put Harry 
in Slytherin. Probably Hat was testing him in its own bizarre way. :)



Alla