The Sorting Hat: In Depth
Ah, the Sorting Hat. One of my favorite characters in the series. What’s that you say? A hat is not a character? Well this one is, at least in my opinion. When we are first introduced to the Sorting hat, it seems maybe a cool bit of magic. But the Hat is so much more than that. Looking into the very beings of each and every child that attends the school, I think the Sorting hat is rather under-utilized. He would have been phenomenal as a student counselor. A child has a problem, sits aloone in a room, puts on the hat, and has an entire counseling session in his head. I think it would have solved quite a few problems…
As the years pass, and the magnitude of the war that is coming encloses on Hogwarts, the sorting hat proves time and again that he has an opinion on the current events. He believes that the students and staff should lay down whatever differences they may have to fight against a common foe. Three out of 4 of his creators would have been proud. In the traditional song sung by the hat at the beginning of each year, we see that he has the wisdom of the ages. It would do the whole world good to have a sorting hat come out and give us bits of wisdom each year. Especially in an election year… ;o)
April 30th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I love your Harry blogs but I wish that they would come out sooner and faster with the last one….in a shorter time period