Hagrid's reaction (was Re: HP's powers_

[stbjohn2]

No: HPFGUIDX 113058

> justcarol67 wrote:
> > Harry's parents were regarded as powerful wizards ("CAR CRASH?" 
> > shouts Hagrid indignantly in SS/PS. "How could a car crash kill
> > Lily an' James Potter?") and they were particularly good at 
> > Transfiguration and Charms, respectively. 

>Kneasy wrote: 
> Just an interjection - I've always considered that the Hagrid 
> shock/horror wasn't because  of any powers the Potters may or 
> may not have had, but because wizards don't use cars.


Sandy thinks:
To Hagrid, James and Lily were heroes who had died trying to save the 
wizarding world, fighting against the The Evil Ome. I think his 
reaction to the car crash story is 
a) horror and disgust that their heroics would be ignored and covered 
up as something so mundane as a car crash
b) horror and indignation that Harry has absolutely no idea how his 
parents died and that they died as heroes, not simply roadkill.

Obviously, wizards do use cars in some forms (the ministry of Magic 
has a fleet) and they do crash -- Harry and Ron crash in CoS, for 
instance.