Hagrid's job

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 116098


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "beatnik24601"
<beatnik24601 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Hester writes:

> > 
> > What is Hagrid's job?  When he first introduces himself to Harry
> > he states that he is "Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."  
> > What  does this mean?  ... Or are there other keys?  
> > Or is it something like a secret keeper and access to Hogwarts is 
> > somehow tied into Hagrid?  Any ideas?


> Beatnik: 
> 
> There was a thread on this earlier, starting here:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/113154
> 
> I don't think the group ever reached any consensus, but, of course, 
> there are some great theories and information.  Hope this helps.
> 
> Beatnik

bboyminn:

I you follow that link, you'll find a pretty indepth analysis, and
post by several people. That thread (above) is an off-shoot of another
thread and it splits into a couple other discussion. Overal, it's
quite long.

The short version-

Keeper of Keys -
This is real. I has historical and modern day significants. Hagrid is
the /keeper/ of the castle. Filch on the other hand is the
/caretaker/; a glorified janitor, and is primarily responsible for the
interior of the castle. Hagird is the custodian/manager/controller of
the castle which includes the main building (interior & exterior) and
all of the out building. As Keeper of Keys, he holds the Master Set of
Keys to the castle (interior and exterior) and all other building, and
the gates.

Look at this logically, even modern Windsor Castle, home of the Queen,
has to have some person who is in charge of managing everything about
the castle, it's ground, gardens, farm & fields, etc.... The Queen and
the Prince aren't around all the time, and somebody has to manage
things while they are gone. In this book, that's Hagrid. Although, a
real life castle like Windsor, probably has many assorted managers, I
suspect those managers manage other staff, but some one has the
ultimate responsibility for the well being of the castle. Again, in
this book that's Hagrid. 

 
Grounds Keeper-
Again, Hagrid is responsible for the grounds, farms, fields, forests,
shrubs, lawns, gardens (vegetable & flower), etc... related to the
castle of Hogwarts. 

GameKeeper-
Hagrid manages all the animals domestic and wild that are associated
with the castle and it's grounds. Since the Prince of Wales owns many
farms, and those farms certainly have large forests, he needs someone
to managed both the livestock and the wild game on his land.
Generally, people aren't allowed to hunt on Prince Charles's land, or
the Queen's land. In the good old days, that would get you shot or
hanged. That's an important job in managing a real-life castle, and
Hogwarts, while fictional, still needs that job done; Hagrid's the man.

Does that help?

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)