Hagrid

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No: HPFGUIDX 115613


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "karen3k9" <karen3k9 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> This is my first time in a group so I hope I am doing this right. I 
> would just like to know if anybody could help me with something. In 
> Chamber of Secrets, after Hermione is petrified and Harry and Ron go 
> down to Hagrid's hut under the  invisibility cloak, why does Hagrid 
> answer their knock on the door with his cross bow? Who was he 
> expecting that he felt he needed to be armed? 
> Thanks,
> Karen

Wouldn't we love to know! Have you got any theories? Since Hagrid was
the one blamed when the Chamber was opened fifty years before, you
might think he'd be expecting to be blamed again this time. He might
be expecting someone from the Ministry to come knocking. But was that
who the crossbow was for?

Before OoP came out, I used to think, what good did Hagrid expect a
crossbow to be against wizards with wands?  But we saw when Umbridge
tried to have him arrested that Stunners just bounce off him.  So in
Hagrid's hands, a crossbow might be an effective weapon against a
wizard, as long as he didn't lose it to a disarming spell.

In CoS, when Fudge did arrive to take Hagrid to Azkaban, Hagrid went
quietly.  He didn't even seem to have anicipated being sent to
Azkaban.  "Take me?" said Hagrid, who was trembling. "Take me where?"
 I don't think the crossbow was intended for Fudge, then.  What I do
think, is that Hagrid is one of the few who knows that Voldemort used
to be Tom Riddle, the boy who once framed him.  Hagrid would know that
Voldemort would have to be somehow connected to the Chamber being
opened this time, then -- probably through a Death Eater. Perhaps it
was against a Death Eater Hagrid felt he needed to arm himself.

Welcome to the group, Karen (or happy de-lurk, if such is the case)!

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