[HPforGrownups] Re: How important is Hagrid?

[Jacob Owen]

No: HPFGUIDX 186737






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From: zanooda2 <zanooda2 at yahoo.com>
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 7:57:07 AM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: How important is Hagrid?




zanooda:

I wonder why you would think that Hagrid's father was a Muggle. He was a wizard, and he was called so in the book. I'm not at home at the moment, so I can't give you the exact quote right now, but it was in GoF, "Rita Skeeter's Scoop" chapter, at the very end, where Hagrid shows his dad's picture to the Trio. But even without this quote it always seemed obvious to me that Hagrid's dad was a wizard. Also, I wouldn't qualify giants as "beasts", if that's what you meant :-).
 
Hagrid_Hut:
I stand corrected: Hagrid's father was indeed a wizard.  Also, I only meant "beast" in the pejorative sense as applied to the greater conflict between wizards and magical creatures in the series.  I wouldn't call him a beast either, but he definitely has a wild side to him tempered just enough to survive within the ministry of magic laws (barely).
I wonder how powerful he would have become had he not been expelled from Hogwarts?  He would have been able to cultivate his abilities and not have to carry the stigma of an outcast.
An interesting side note: I just read that Rowling based Hagrid's character off of the Welsh chapter of the Hell's Angels.  A parallel could be drawn as Hagrid is a transitional character between wizards and magical creatures, the Hell's Angels are stereotypically thought to police criminals (as many facets of organized crime are).





      

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