Hagrid's Age WAS: Who else should have been at 9 3/4 at the end of the book?

Lisa sassymomofthree at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 1 19:09:59 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 174141

KATIE:
> 
> But we know Hagrid was still alive, because James (or Albus. I can't 
> remember which), was having tea with him at school. Harry reminds 
them 
> of it as the kids are leaving. Would 19 years have made that big of a 
> difference in his health/stamina? Interestingly, do giants have a 
> longer life span than wizards, who we already know have a longer life 
> span than Muggles? Maybe Hagrid will live to be two hundred or 
> something! KATIE
>

Lisa:

Well, Hagrid lives at Hogwarts, so as long as he was still alive, James 
could visit him; he wouldn't necessarily still be Groundskeeper/Care of 
Magical Creatures professor.  As for a life span -- I was under the 
impression that giants didn't live very long ... but I don't know why I 
think that, and I'm too lazy to pull out HBP, LOL!  But JKR said 
McGonagal, a wizard only three years older than Hagrid (according to 
the Lexicon's calculations), was "getting on" in years and wasn't 
headmaster (or teacher, I assume) -- so if she's too old to be 
teaching, I would think Hagrid is, too, unless I'm WAY off-base and 
giants live even longer than wizards.

Lisa





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