Hagrid's attack on Dudley (Was: A few random puzzles)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 117690


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

> Another idea - if Harry indeed was watched closely than he 
would  ever know when he was with Dursleys, maybe Hagrid 
was one of those  who watched hima nd then he saw every cruel 
trick Dudley played on  him and that is why Hagrid PLANNED to 
turn Dudley into a pig,  because he ahd plenty of time to plan 
him.
> 
> This one I may believe in actually

Pippin:

Nope. If he'd planned it, he wouldn't have done it in front of three 
witnesses. If he had succeeded in turning Dudley into a pig, 
Hagrid would have been in trouble with the Improper Use of 
Magic Office, especially if he hadn't been able to turn him back.

 Hagrid lost his temper. He's done that other times, in GoF when 
he roughs up Karkaroff, and at the end of OOP when he's 
resisting arrest. He starts to lose it in CoS, when he's about to 
be arrested, but Dumbledore tells him "sharply" to calm himself.

Having lost it, Hagrid wasn't thinking reasonably. Vernon was 
giving him a hard time, Dudley was there, kid looks like a pig 
already, especially compared to scrawny little Harry, how dare 
he... ZAP!

At some level Hagrid  probably doesn't think a magical person 
like him should have to take any guff from a "mere" Muggle, 
though if you asked him whether wizards should be allowed to 
bully Muggles, I'm sure he'd say no. 

Also, Hagrid seems far too unfamiliar with the Muggle world to 
have spent much time watching Harry. 

Pippin