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When Igor Karkaroff accused Dumbledore of treachery and spat at his feet, Hagrid lifted Karkaroff off the ground and slammed him against a tree, roaring at him to apologise to Dumbledore. His courage also concealed a deep fear of rejection and insecurity which was notably shown when he isolated himself after he was revealed as a half giant and he attempted to resign from his position as the Care of Magical Creatures teacher until he was convinced otherwise by Dumbledore, Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Hagrid was also a good and caring brother to Grawp , insisting on bringing him back to Hogwarts on finding he was being picked on for his "small" stature by the other giants in his colony , and hiding in the forest, despite the frequent injuries and the trouble doing so caused him.
Hagrid's personality and sheer power made him almost a force of nature, as he could be a kind, benevolent, and caring guardian of the lives around him, but when stirred, he could be a frightening, titanic, and overwhelming force. In many ways, Hagrid is the Green Man of the forest, as he lives for the outdoors and the creatures of magic, roaming the woods without fear, and caring for the creatures within. He embodies the personality and almost elemental might of the natural world, and holds great standing with the beasts and beings of magic who have come to know him.
If anyone personifies the spirit of the forest, it is most certainly Hagrid. For a man who was expelled during his third year and rarely used magic as a result, Rubeus Hagrid was a rather good wizard, being considerably advanced, with some of his abilities even comparing to the N. Being a Half-Giant, he also had magical abilities which stemmed from his giant blood such as great superhuman strength and endurance along with a certain degree of magical resistance.
Hagrid's hands-on and outdoor style of living allowed him to acquire other skills such as looking after magical creatures, craftsmanship, crossbowmanship and social networking within the magical community. As early as in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , and possibly earlier than that, Hagrid managed to gain possession of numerous magical creatures, many of them dangerous, including Aragog , Fang , Fluffy , Buckbeak , and Norbert later Norberta.
Hagrid's love for animals and his talent for taming and training them, won him the post of Care of Magical Creatures Professor at Hogwarts. In their fourth year, Harry and his classmates were expected to help take care of Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewts , one of which grown to an enormous size was placed in the hedge maze for the final task of the Triwizard Tournament.
Rubeus Hagrid was born to Mr Hagrid , a wizard, and the giantess Fridwulfa. Fridwulfa left the family because her son was "too small" for her liking, though Hagrid never seemed to resent her for abandoning him, generally appearing relatively indifferent about his lack of relationship with her.
His father, on the other hand, seemed to be a very caring man who was heartbroken when his wife left, and was amused by the fact that, at the age of six, Hagrid was large enough to be able to set him on top of a dresser.
During his travels to the Northern giant colonies that same year, Hagrid found his maternal half-brother: an undersized giant called Grawp. As Grawp's size made it difficult for him to function within his colony, Hagrid brought him back to Hogwarts and hid him within the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid's attempts to raise and socialise Grawp initially appeared completely pointless; Grawp's progress in picking up English, or in curbing his violence, which often left Hagrid with a number of painful looking injuries, seemed almost non-existent.
However, over the course of the year, Grawp grew increasingly attached to his brother, and was distressed by Hagrid's disappearance after Dolores Umbridge attempted to have Hagrid arrested in Hagrid had a good relationship with most of his pets, most notably Fang , Aragog , and Buckbeak.
Fang was usually Hagrid's companion most of the time, despite the fact that he was cowardly. Hagrid had a huge friendship with Aragog, whom he had hatched in an egg when he was a student at Hogwarts. Hagrid protected Aragog when he was suspected to be the monster that opened the Chamber of Secrets , throwing Tom Riddle to the ground when he tried to curse him and sending Aragog to live in the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid managed to find Aragog a wife, Mosag , which allowed Aragog to have a family in the forest. Hagrid was devastated when Aragog died and, along with Professor Slughorn, buried him near his Hut.
Although Aragog's children and descendants did not hold back to devour Hagrid after Aragog's death, Hagrid attempted to protect them during the Battle of Hogwarts in honour of his friendship with Aragog, even though the Acromantulas were attacking both Death Eaters and Hogwarts defenders.
It happens at least once a movie. It seems like this guy has a little bit of a drinking problem, and that's putting it lightly. How much would Hagrid need to actually consume in order to feel even a small buzz? Remember, this is a dude that stands over 11 feet tall, and he's described as being the width of three men. He would literally need barrels of drink in order to get tipsy.
This wouldn't just be ruinously expensive, so it would be a logistical nightmare. Where is he storing all of this? How does he transport it to his hut? We're talking at least an entire barrel just for one drinking session. If you were super knowledgeable about the books, you would've probably noticed a big, Hagrid-shaped mistake when the movies came out.
He just wasn't tall enough! In the books, Hagrid is supposed to be about 11 feet tall - twice the height of person. In the movies, he appears to be more around the realms of 8 feet tall. Logistically, it's easy to understand why they shortened the half-giant. Can you imagine how difficult the camera angles would have been?
They were already pulling every trick in the book to make Hagrid look taller in the movies. Adding three more feet to his height would have made all of his scenes a complete nightmare.
Fans will know that Hagrid isn't just capable of enduring severe punishment - he can also dish it out. When you think about the things that Hagrid has done in the past, it's clear that this guy must be seriously ripped. He chucked a guy across the entire great hall like he was a rag doll.
He tamed giants. With one hand, he bent a double-barreled shotgun like it was a piece of spaghetti. The list goes on and on. This super strength is, of course, due to his half giant heritage. It's unknown whether or not this level of strength has a magical quality to it, or whether it's just a result of his impressive size. The amount of muscle needed to even move an 11 foot tall body would be insane.
His strength could simply be down to the fact that he's just a really, really big guy. Speaking of his massive size, it should come as no surprise that Hagrid does not belong on a broomstick. If he could manage to get airborne on that flimsy piece of wood, can you imagine the possibilities? Hagrid probably would have been the best Quidditch keeper the world had ever seen. He would just need to sit there in front of the hoops and laugh.
Hagrid opts instead for something which is probably even cooler than a broomstick - a flying motorbike. A lot of fans ask why he didn't just get a broomstick custom made for his larger body, but can we seriously doubt his decision here?
Say all you like about Hagrid, but there's no denying that the man travels in style. We're not experts on how genetics work, but we're pretty sure a half giant should be way taller than Hagrid.
Giants range anywhere from 20 to 25 feet tall, but let's assume that Hagrid's mother was average - say 23 feet tall. Hagrid's father, on the other hand, was described as a " tiny feller" by Hagrid himself, so let's assume that he was about 5 feet tall. If we take the average between those two heights, we're left with a number closer to 15 feet tall. Match that up with Hagrid's height of only 8 feet in the movies, and we've got some serious discrepancies here.
Even in the novels, he's still 3 feet short of our estimated figure. Maybe the male genetics were dominan, but wouldn't it make more sense if the giant genes were dominant? Dumbledore sends for Hagrid, who arrives shortly with his crossbow.
Dumbledore then sends Hagrid off to fetch Professor Karkaroff. Karkaroff immediately blames Dumbledore for attacking his Champion, which enrages Hagrid to the point that he pushes Karkaroff up against a tree, only letting him down when Dumbledore orders him to. Dumbledore then tells Hagrid to take Harry to Gryffindor tower, and asks Harry to remain there until morning. In the preparations for the Third Task, it is mentioned that Hagrid had been responsible for planting and growing the hedges that now fill the Quidditch pitch, and that he would be providing some of the creatures that the Champions would have to face.
Harry, knowing the sorts of creatures that Hagrid is fond of, finds this rather worrying. At dinner before the Third Task, Harry notices that Madame Maxime's eyes are red, and that Hagrid keeps glancing at her.
When the third task comes around, Hagrid is apparently one of the marshals, who will be keeping an eye on the maze for distress signals from the Champions. While the other marshals are wearing their red ribbons on their hats, Hagrid has no hat and therefore wears his marshal's ribbon on the back of his waistcoat.
As it turns out, Harry encounters a Skrewt in the maze, so at least some of the challenges are, in fact, Hagrid's doing. As Harry is recovering from his adventures in the maze, he hears argument between Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge as to whether or not Harry's story can be believed.
After he has recovered, and with no Defence Against the Dark Arts classes to go to, the Trio can visit Hagrid more often. On one such visit, they notice that there are two bucket-sized teacups on the table, and Hagrid confirms that he's been having tea with Madame Maxime. He says that Dumbledore had given him a mission, though he could not talk about it yet, and that he has pretty much convinced Madame Maxime to join him.
Hagrid startles Harry by saying that he was pretty sure Voldemort would be coming back one day, that it was only a matter of time. He goes on to say that Harry had done as well as his father would have, and there's no higher praise than that. Harry smiles for the first time in days. At the beginning of the school year, Harry is deeply concerned that Hagrid has not returned to Hogwarts; his classes are being taught by Professor Grubbly-Plank, and no one will say where Hagrid is or when he will return.
When he reappears well into winter, Harry, Hermione, and Ron secretly visit him at his hut. They are shocked by Hagrid's battered appearance, although he does not initially explain what has happened. Harry, however, alludes to the events of his summer, including the attack by Dementors on Primrose Crescent, saying that if Hagrid tells his story, Harry will reciprocate. Under this impetus, Hagrid does tell them that he and Madame Maxime, the gigantic Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy, were on a secret mission for Dumbledore to recruit the Giants to their side.
Though Hagrid is forthright about most of the events of the mission, he is still apparently hiding something, because he will not say what took him so long Madame Maxime has apparently been back at Beauxbatons for months , or how he got so badly injured. He does mention that he had looked to see if his mother, Fridwulfa, was there, but she had apparently died some time before.
His story is cut short by the arrival of Professor Umbridge , whose distrust of what she terms "half-breeds", and the footprints of the Trio heading to Hagrid's hut and not returning, have made her suspicious of Hagrid. The Trio, under Harry's Invisibility Cloak, watch as Umbridge, speaking as if to one who is not completely mentally competent, explains her role at the school and that she will be checking his teaching abilities.
After she departs, the Trio ask Hagrid to choose something safe and Ministry-approved to teach them, but Hagrid seems unconcerned. Hermione returns to Hagrid's hut the following day to plead with him, saying that if he does not teach the Ministry-approved course, he will be in danger of losing his job, but Hagrid is unmoved. In his Care of Magical Creatures class, Hagrid introduces Harry's class to Thestrals , winged, horse-like animals that can only be seen by humans who have witnessed death.
Having seen Cedric Diggory being killed, Harry can now see the strange reptilian creatures, as can some of the other students — Neville Longbottom, who saw his grandfather die, and "a stringy Slytherin". Hagrid's teaching is interrupted by Umbridge's appearance to "inspect" his class; her inspection is so clearly adversarial that Hagrid is quite put off his stride and is unable to teach effectively.
It turns out later that Umbridge has put Hagrid on probation. Hagrid sees this as the first step to sacking him. Later in the book, we will find that Umbridge has started attending all his classes and taking notes on his apparent shortcomings. Unusually morose, Hagrid talks about how Harry and he are so much alike, both orphans. He then speaks about how important family is. Harry asks what has gotten Hagrid so upset, but Hagrid does not answer, setting down his mug and heading out into the rain.
Firenze, a centaur , was previously living in the Forbidden Forest ; he gives Harry a message to pass on to Hagrid, saying that Hagrid's attempt is not working. Neither he, nor Hagrid, when Harry talks to him later in class, choose to explain to Harry exactly what this "attempt" is. Late in the year, Hagrid becomes convinced that Umbridge is about to get him sacked. Hagrid pulls Harry and Hermione away from the final Quidditch match of the year, to enlist their help in something he is doing in the Forbidden Forest if he should get sent away.
It turns out that Hagrid had found his half-brother Grawp living with the Giants, where he was being mistreated because he was so small.
Hagrid had brought him back to Hogwarts, although with great difficulty and personal injury. He has hidden Grawp in the Forbidden Forest where he is trying to teach him manners and English. He extracts a promise from a terrified Harry and Hermione that they will continue his education if Hagrid is sent away. Eventually, Umbridge's hatred of so-called "half-breeds" leads her to sack Hagrid on the pretexts that he is incompetent, and that he has introduced Nifflers into her office.
Her attempt is done with great drama, the assistance of at least five Aurors , and multiple ineffective stun jinxes that Harry witnesses during his midnight Astronomy OWL exam. As part of the arrest, Professor McGonagall is hit with multiple Stunners and ends up having to go to St.
Mungo's Hospital. Hagrid escapes, carrying his boarhound Fang, who has been Stunned. When Umbridge is removed and Dumbledore reinstated as Headmaster, Hagrid returns to the school and regains his teaching position. Harry, finding the concern of his friends in the Hospital Wing too intrusive, visits him to talk about the death of Sirius, his godfather, but very quickly discovers that he cannot get any peace there either, and uses Ron and Hermione as an excuse to leave Hagrid's hut.
Hagrid's role in this episode is much decreased, because his main point of contact with Harry is through the Care Of Magical Creatures classes, and Harry has chosen to not take NEWT -level studies in that course. It is mentioned that Harry had inherited Buckbeak at the death of Sirius Black. Dumbledore says that Hagrid has renamed him Witherwings and will be delighted to take care of him.
Hagrid acts as guard for the Weasley family and Harry as they visit Diagon Alley to shop for school supplies. Harry is very pleased to see him, particularly as the alternative would be a squad of Aurors. After the Arrival Feast, Hagrid meets Harry and Ron in the entrance hall and says that if they arrive early to Care of Magical Creatures, they will be able to say hello to Witherwings. Harry, Ron, and later Hermione, are concerned as to how they are going to break it to Hagrid that they have not chosen to take Care of Magical Creatures this year.
Some time later, Harry decides that it is because they are not taking his class that Hagrid seems to be so aloof, and resolves to visit him. The Trio go to his hut after Quidditch tryouts, and the visit is initially awkward, but it turns out that a large part of Hagrid's preoccupation is because of Hagrid's ancient giant spider, Aragog , who is very ill.
Hagrid comments that the Trio's schedules are very full, but they might have managed to fit Care of Magical Creatures in if they had Time-turners , but Hermione mentions that they were all destroyed at the Battle at the Ministry the previous year.
When Katie Bell , during the Hogsmeade weekend in October, touches the cursed necklace and is injured, Harry runs for help. The first person he runs into is Hagrid, and Hagrid carries Katie back to Hogwarts at the run. After Aragog dies, Harry and Professor Slughorn come to console Hagrid and to give the creature a proper burial. Following the burial, Slughorn, Harry, and Hagrid take part in what might be considered an impromptu wake, during which Harry obtains the missing Horcrux memory from Slughorn.
When Ron is poisoned on his birthday, Hagrid comes to visit him in the Hospital Wing. As he, Harry, and Hermione leave to give Ron some time with his family, Hagrid mentions that Dumbledore seems upset with Severus Snape. He catches himself, but under questioning from Harry he reveals that he had been at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and had overheard bits of a conversation between Dumbledore and Snape in which Snape seemed to be saying that though he had promised to do something, he might just change his mind.
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