Sorting hat

[philippajrice]

No: HPFGUIDX 132565

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jlv230" <jlv230 at y...> wrote:
> 
> I personally think the hat will get destroyed at some point - but 
> whether this is a good or bad thing, I don't know...
> JLV xx  ..


Thats a really interesting idea! maybe at the end of book 7 the hat 
gets destroyed and the seperate houses are abolished, and the school 
becomes united. i've always thought its a bit of a wrongun for a 
school to have a 'mean' house where everyone in it turns into 
a 'baddie' (obviously thats an exageration, but you know what i 
mean) 

when i suggested that the hat sorts people based on family history, 
i was trying to find evidence for Harry being related to Gryffindor 
really. I think theres definetly going to be more story behind how 
Harry produced the sword from the sorting hat though. I wander what 
would come out of the hat if someone from another house needed 
something? I doubt we'll ever find out as most of the heroes are 
from Gryffindor. 

Thanks for finding all that evidence, it cleared up a few things in 
my mind. the part about how the sorting hat came into being is 
interesting


"'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!"

The fact that it was originally gryffindors hat could be significant 
in future books. the hat probably knows a lot about the founders as 
well, as they created it. 

Phillippajrice