[HPforGrownups] Mad-Eye Moody's scars

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 112845



karen_lvssr <klevasseur at earthlink.net> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am fairly new to this group and do not know if this has been discussed.  
Has anyone an opinion as to why Mad-Eye's wounds/scars are
still visible?  

[serious snippage]

 

akh:  Others have weighed in with cogent comments, but I'm going to leap into the fray now.  In addition to the suggestions that not all scars can be erased and that his wounds can be a badge of honor, I think we should not underestimate the skills of Madame Pomfrey.  Unlike the "school nurses" I had in public school in the Midwest, she appears to be a trained Healer, and we have learned as of OOTP that the profession is selective and requires a high skill level.  In the Order, which functions as a rebel Underground, Moody may not have had access to the kind of expertise required to cure him completely.  

We also see that not all cures are instantaneous.  Both Ron and Hermione have spent some time in the Infirmary when we revisit them at the end of OOTP, and Hermione has to take ten potions to complete her cure (p. 747, UK edition).  I'm not imagining our buddy Mad-Eye as a "take your meds and rest" kind of guy.  I rather see him as a "patch me up as best you can; there's important work to do!"

 

akh, who apologizes for any unintended aspersions cast on registered nurses who work in US public schools


		
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