Hagrid (was: Re: Snape and Neville)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 113543

--- Tonks <tonks_op at yahoo.com> wrote:
 
> Tonks:
> 
> Ah.. now what have you got against good ol' Hagrid? He is a 
> sweetheart.. good natured .. not the sharpest.. but hearts in the 
> right place.  What could anyone have against our buddy Hagrid? ??
> 


I liked Hagrid in PS/SS but I really think JKR made a mistake when
she made him a teacher.  He went from being a plainspoken, wise man
whose expertise wasn't in books to being a one-note joke who fumbled
lesson plans and introduced the kids to inappropriate "interestin'
creatures".  

As a teacher Hagrid is much more one-dimensional and we don't get a
chance to see him at his best.  Frankly I just find him boring to
read now and I still can't believe we didn't get to see Ron's moment
of glory because we had to listen to some stupid story about going to
the giants for help.  

And don't get me started on the Grawp subplot.  The big
Grawp-saves-the-kids moment was a total photocopy of the Flying Ford
Anglia rescuing the kids from the spiders in COS.  One of the few
times in the whole series when I felt cheated as a reader.

Magda


		
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