[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: HBP11, Hermione's Helping Hand

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 149015


--- Geoff Bannister <gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:

> Why did JKR introduce McClaggan into the book? To
> me, he doesn't seem 
> to add anything valuable to the advancement of the
> story and seems to 
> be a bit of a spare part.

I can see two reasons:
1. The conflict around "Is Ron a bad keeper or is he
rubbish?" only works if there is some alternative out
there. So he was providing this alternative, otherwise
the whole storyline about loyalty of Harry and
Hermione towards Ron falls flat.

2. The story needed a "bad" Gryffindor, as much as a
"good" Slytherin or even more.

Irene

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