but I gotta tell yeh, I thought you two’d value yer friend more’n broomsticks or rats. Tha’s all.” Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (p. 111). Pottermore Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Harry put his hand on Ron’s arm to keep him silent, “Hagrid? How many things do you treasure in this hut. Don’t tell me. Just think about it. Now of those, how many were gifts?”
He let him think about that for a bit, “Now, do you know that literally everything I own, and treasure comes to school with me each year so I can keep the Dursleys from destroying it?… No? Have you ever had to do that with your precious things?…. No? Not counting the presents I got from Ron’s family, do you know the precious things I’ve gotten in my life have been Hedwig, my cloak, and my photo album?… No? Did you know that I didn’t count either broom as a precious gift? As those were for something others wanted of me. The two you gave me out of those three were because you cared, and the other was and is because it is from my father. I don’t care about the broom for the broom’s sake Hagrid. Whoever gave that to me was for something they wanted from me. From the-bloody-boy-who-lived. I’m angry at Hermione for breaking faith with me and not talking to me about it before she talked to McGonagall about taking the broom. She refused to give me time to think about her reasoning. And acted as though I was a two-year-old who could not think or reason for myself. And she has yet to apologize for this.
“She not only broke my faith in my friendship with her, by she showed that she believes she is the adult in the friendship and my keeper. And that lost me something very precious I can never get back again Hagrid.
“I value my few precious things and hold them tightly to me. But she lost me something I can’t get back, and I’m afraid if you keep pushing me to absolve her without her contrition and acknowledgement of that loss and her hand in it. I will lose more. And that will cause me to walk away from this world forever. Because I refuse to lose myself.”
He got up and bowed his head at the tearful half-giant and left.
This was an accurate emotional response to both Hagrid and Hermoine’s actions. Great job
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