Hagrid and Magic

[smilingator4915]

No: HPFGUIDX 132252

I think that my previous message in this post has been 
misinterpreted, so I will try and make myself a little clearer.

Donna replied to me:
>  
> I hope I'm not mixing movie with canon and my books aren't handy 
to look
> this up 
> but I'm thinking that in CoS there's a scene where Hagrid is 
telling Harry
> that
> he is going to see DD about permission to put a charm around the 
chicken
> coop because
> something is killing the chickens.  If I am remembering correctly 
and not
> mixing 
> sources up, then this indicates that Hagrid can, with permission, 
to magic.

I never doubted whether or not Hagrid could perform magic nor the 
fact that he has been doing magic. I was just confused as to why 
Hagrid would say in OOP that he wasn't allowed to do magic, when at 
the end of CoS he was cleared of any wrong doing. Posts from Steve 
and others have helped to clear up this matter. In an interview, JKR 
said that Hagrid was cleared and is indeed allowed to do magic. As I 
said earlier, I thought that Hagrid's statement in OOP was an 
oversight on the part of the author.

> 
> Donna says:
> 
> My thinking about Harry being credited for the Hover charm and not 
Dobby
> is because Harry is the only one on Privet Dr. with magical 
abilities and
> the WW seems to feel that house elves do not leave their master's 
place
> unless told to do so thus, there was no reason to suspect anyone 
but Harry
> for performing the charm.

smilingator:

I understand that MoM has probably been keeping a close watch on 
Harry while he was at Privet Drive. And they do know that Harry has 
been the only person in the Dursley household who has shown magical 
ability up until that point. The fact that the MoM assumed that 
Harry performed the charm is what threw me. Yes, everyone makes 
mistakes, but I thought that was a huge one, seeing as how the 
Ministry was warning Harry of expulsion. I would think that they 
would want to make sure they were sending the letter to the correct 
individual. We all know what assuming does...
As someone has explained to me (sorry, I can't remember who it 
was!), this part of the story definitely shows early on that the MoM 
has some problems and they do not always get everything right. So, 
even in the WW, there is error.

Hope I've made myself more clear.

Just my thoughts...