[HPforGrownups] Re: How important is Hagrid?

[Jacob Owen]

No: HPFGUIDX 186722





Hickengruendler:

Hello and welcome. :-)

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Generally, I think Hagrid's main role is as a connection between the civilisation (symbolized by Hogwarts) and the wildness (symbolized by the Forbidden Forest). Both his ancestry (part human, part magical creature) and his home (a hut right between Hogwarts and the Forest) hint to that.

hagrid_hut replies:
I agree with you in general, with one caveat: when you say both "civilization" and "human" there is yet another division between muggle and wizard, and Hagrid had a muggle father.  Hagrid is the only character I can think of besides Madame Maxine that has his roots in muggles, wizards, and beasts.
But it's definitely true that when you compare the muggle civilization with the wizard civilization, Hagrid most definitely belongs to the wizard civilization.