CHAPDISC: HBP28, Flight of the Prince

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 163608

> JulieL
> Here I'd like to add a Question 8A. Even though we got a 
> scene with almost every other adult at Hogwarts accepting
> that Snape cold-bloodedly murdered Dumbledore, we never get
> this scene with Hagrid. Hagrid thinks Harry got hit on the
> head when Harry says he witnessed Snape kill Dumbledore. 
> Even later, after the Order members have accepted Snape's
> murderer status, even during the funeral, Hagrid never 
> rails against Snape (as he's wont to rail against those
> who have in any way wronged someone he cares about). He
> merely cries for Dumbledore. Is this simply a meaningless
> ommission, or is there a reason JKR never shows Hagrid
> outright condemning Snape as everyone else does?

zgirnius:
We won't know until Book 7, but I noticed this about Hagrid too. I tend 
to think he knows something relevant, that he hasn't yet told Harry, 
and this could be why.