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tatewin · 04-06-2007, 03:28 PM

Hagrid kind of shrugs off his mother by saying she wasn't ever much of one, even before she left. (But he later went looking for her!) He genuinely adored his father, however, and you could see how much this all affected him in his talks with Harry and then his determination to save and teach his half-brother. Not having a family after his father died when he was only about 12 (second year at Hogwarts) you could tell he cherished that sense of family he had lost. I do think that his years between the time of his mother's leaving and adulthood were rough on him. We all know that his is not the sharpest mind at Hogwarts even if he does have the biggest heart! This, along with his size must have led to teasing by some of his peers, which I believe is what drove him to love animals, even the most unloved and unwanted of them...Hagrid felt sympathy and empathy with them due to that treatment he received...remember how Tom Riddle called him "that great oaf" - "Big, blundering Hagrid, in trouble every other week, trying to raise werewolf cubs under his bed, sneaking off to the Forbidden Forest to wrestle trolls" - "as though Hagrid had the brains, or the power!" (To be Slytherin's heir). Through it all, Hagrid has learned one of life's most valuable lessons...that all life has value and meaning and should be respected! But, his lack of faith and confidence in himself does get in his way when he tries to express himself in a challenge by a human being...such as with trying to defend Buckbeak. His mind is not quick or sharp so he is not what one would call an eloquent speaker. It shows that it is his relationship with humans that lacks, but with his creatures, he is totally at home and confident because the creatures totally accept him and love him for who and what he is. Few humans can truely see Hagrid like that. We know there are many that do, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Harry, Hermione and Ron, of course, but remember all those letters from former students Dumbledore received defending Hagrid when Rita Skeeter let the truth about Hagrid's mother out?

04-06-2007, 03:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
tatewin EWFC Co-Pres. DA Vice Pres. Erkling Location: With Rupert in his n Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,062 Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma	Hagrid kind of shrugs off his mother by saying she wasn't ever much of one, even before she left. (But he later went looking for her!) He genuinely adored his father, however, and you could see how much this all affected him in his talks with Harry and then his determination to save and teach his half-brother. Not having a family after his father died when he was only about 12 (second year at Hogwarts) you could tell he cherished that sense of family he had lost. I do think that his years between the time of his mother's leaving and adulthood were rough on him. We all know that his is not the sharpest mind at Hogwarts even if he does have the biggest heart! This, along with his size must have led to teasing by some of his peers, which I believe is what drove him to love animals, even the most unloved and unwanted of them...Hagrid felt sympathy and empathy with them due to that treatment he received...remember how Tom Riddle called him "that great oaf" - "Big, blundering Hagrid, in trouble every other week, trying to raise werewolf cubs under his bed, sneaking off to the Forbidden Forest to wrestle trolls" - "as though Hagrid had the brains, or the power!" (To be Slytherin's heir). Through it all, Hagrid has learned one of life's most valuable lessons...that all life has value and meaning and should be respected! But, his lack of faith and confidence in himself does get in his way when he tries to express himself in a challenge by a human being...such as with trying to defend Buckbeak. His mind is not quick or sharp so he is not what one would call an eloquent speaker. It shows that it is his relationship with humans that lacks, but with his creatures, he is totally at home and confident because the creatures totally accept him and love him for who and what he is. Few humans can truely see Hagrid like that. We know there are many that do, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Harry, Hermione and Ron, of course, but remember all those letters from former students Dumbledore received defending Hagrid when Rita Skeeter let the truth about Hagrid's mother out?