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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Molly Weasley

Overview
Molly Weasley (née Prewett) is the wife of Arthur Weasley. According to the author's web site, she was born on 30 October 1949.

Philosopher's Stone
At King's Cross Station, Molly Weasley assists a lost-looking Harry, showing him how to get to Platform Nine and Three Quarters. After the children have boarded the train, Fred and George return to the platform to tell her that the "black-haired kid" is actually the famous Harry Potter. Ginny Weasley pleads with her mother to be allowed onto the train to see him, but Molly refuses, saying Harry would not want to be gawked at like an animal in a zoo.

Mrs. Weasley provides some of Harry's Christmas presents. Simple as they are, a jumper (US: sweater) and some candy, these are among the first real Christmas presents Harry has ever received.

Mrs. Weasley greets the Weasley children at the station when they return from Hogwarts, and briefly speaks to Harry. She seems somewhat nonplussed by the brevity of Uncle Vernon's greeting to Harry.

Chamber of Secrets
When Harry, Ron, and the Twins arrive at The Burrow in Mr. Weasley's flying Ford Anglia, Mrs. Weasley is waiting, much to Ron's and the Twin's dismay; they had hoped to sneak out, liberate Harry, and return before she was awake. She scolds the three Weasley boys, but warmly welcomes Harry, and gives him extra sausages after hearing the Dursleys were starving him. As punishment for their escapade, Ron and the Twins must de-gnome the garden. Though exempt, Harry, having never seen a de-gnoming, joins in. Mrs. Weasley consults Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests on the best way to remove gnomes, though Fred says they know how to de-gnome a garden; George suggests that Mrs. Weasley is sweet on Lockhart.

When Mr. Weasley arrives home, Mrs. Weasley informs him that the Twins flew his car to London. Mr. Weasley immediately asks how it went, but seeing stern warning signs from Mrs. Weasley, suddenly changes his tone to say they misbehaved.

The Hogwarts book lists arrive listing many Gilderoy Lockhart books. George comments about the cost, but Mrs. Weasley, though worried, assures him they will manage. When Hermione sends an owl suggesting they meet in Diagon Alley, Mrs. Weasley agrees, and they set a date for school shopping.

The family is traveling to Diagon Alley by Floo powder. Because Harry has never traveled this way, Mrs. Weasley has Ron go first. Though unsure it is safe, Harry goes next, ending up at the wrong grate — Floo powder enables traveling between Wizarding fireplaces. Mrs. Weasley is nearly frantic and divides her brood to search Diagon Alley for Harry, hoping he only went a few grates too far. She is relieved when Hagrid turns up with Harry in tow, having found him in Knockturn Alley. She brushes Harry off and dismisses the Twins' questions about Knockturn Alley, reminding them they are never allowed there.

At Gringotts Bank, Harry notices how few coins are in the Weasleys' vault while acutely aware that there are many Galleons and Sickles in his; Mrs. Weasley carefully checks the vault's four corners for any overlooked coins before sweeping what little there is into her money bag. Once outside, Mrs. Weasley suggests the group split up to do their shopping.

Mrs. Weasley is seen again in Flourish & Blotts, waiting in line at Gilderoy Lockhart's book signing. When a confrontation between Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy becomes physical and is broken up by Hagrid, Molly is embarrassed. She continues scolding her husband, even after the Twins tell her that Lockhart is not upset, and only wonders how the altercation can be slanted to enhance his exposure.

The family travel to King's Cross Station in Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia, though, being daylight, it remains on the ground. Mrs. Weasley is amazed at how skillful Muggles are, as the auto's interior seems much larger than the outside; Harry, Ron, and Hermione, however, realize that Mr. Weasley applied another almost-illegal spell to the car.

Unable to pass through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three Quarters, Harry and Ron, frantic over missing the train, fly the car to Hogwarts. Muggles see them, however, and the Evening Prophet reports their escapade. Outraged, Mrs. Weasley sends a Howler to Hogwarts the next day, severely scolding Ron during breakfast in the Great Hall.

Mrs. Weasley again gives Harry a hand-knitted jumper (US: sweater) and candy for Christmas. Ron is unimpressed with his jumper, but Harry welcomes his, as it is still unusual for him to receive gifts.

When Ginny is taken into the Chamber of Secrets, Harry, helped by Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix, rescues her. Fawkes leads them to Professor McGonagall's office, where she, Professor Dumbledore, and Molly and Arthur Weasley are waiting. Mrs. Weasley sweeps Ginny into a hug, and then Harry and Ron, apparently too relieved to say much.

Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley take Ginny to the Hospital Wing, and though they are not seen, presumably stay for the following celebratory feast. Mrs. Weasley is present at King's Cross Station when the Hogwarts Express arrives in London, and she is once again dismayed by Uncle Vernon's lack of civility towards Harry.

Prisoner of Azkaban
Molly Weasley reappears in the story the day before the Hogwarts Express leaves for school. Harry has been staying at the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley after a fight with the Dursleys. There he runs into Ron and Hermione shopping for school supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, Fred, George, and Percy are there and also staying at The Leaky Cauldron. Mrs. Weasley is having little success reining in the Twins, who are mocking Percy by aping his exaggerated formal manner after being made Head Boy. Later, when Harry searches the salon for Ron's Rat Tonic, he overhears Mr. and Mrs. Weasley talking in the next room about him and someone named Sirius Black, a wizard who recently escaped Azkaban prison. Black may be headed for Hogwarts to murder Harry. Mr. Weasley believes Harry should know this, while Mrs. Weasley strongly disagrees.

On the station platform the next day, Mr. Weasley takes Harry aside to warn him about Black, though Harry admits he overheard Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's conversation. When Mr. Weasley asks him to promise that he will not hunt Black, Harry wonders why he would want to, but the train leaves before he can promise.

Mrs. Weasley gives Harry another hand-knitted jumper (US: sweater) and various treats as a Christmas gift; this time, the jumper is bright red with the Gryffindor lion woven into the pattern.

Finally, Mrs. Weasley meets the students at King's Cross Station when they arrive on the Hogwarts Express; once again, she is dismayed by Uncle Vernon's cavalier greeting to Harry.

Goblet of Fire
Mrs. Weasley re-enters our story through a letter she sends by Muggle post. The envelope is entirely covered with stamps, causing the bemused mail carrier to query Uncle Vernon about it. Predictably, Uncle Vernon is livid that "Harry's sort" has called attention to the Dursley household. Mrs. Weasley's letter invites Harry to attend the Quidditch World Cup with the Weasley family and to stay at The Burrow until school starts. Harry persuades Uncle Vernon to let him go.

While collecting Harry's school stuff, Fred and George conspire to drop a few enchanted toffees in the Dursleys' sitting room; Dudley eats one, causing his tongue to grow several feet long. Back at The Burrow, Mr. Weasley scolds the Twins, saying pranks like this hinder Muggle-Wizard relations. As he threatens to tell their mother, Mrs. Weasley appears asking, "Tell me what, dear?" Despite Mr. Weasley backtracking, and George and Fred's efforts to escape, Mrs. Weasley gives the Twins a severe tongue-lashing. Mrs. Weasley has also found a stack of order forms for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and is upset over Fred and George wasting their time with magical jokes rather than planning for real careers.

Later, Mrs. Weasley is preparing dinner, still ranting and raving over the Twins. Harry and Ron must leap aside as a drawer opens violently and knives flash out and start chopping vegetables. Adding to Mrs. Weasley's disgruntlement, when she reaches for a wand, it is a trick one that turns into a large rubber mouse when she uses it. Ron and Harry quickly escape to help Bill and Charlie set the tables in the garden.

At dinner, Mrs. Weasley nags Bill about his long hair and criticizes his fang necklace. Eventually, Mrs. Weasley sends everyone to bed, reminding them they must get up early to leave for the match.

In the morning, Ron, Harry, Fred, and George find Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen preparing breakfast. She snappishly tells the Twins they cannot Apparate to the match like Percy, Bill, and Charlie as they are underage and have not passed their Apparition test yet. As the group is leaving, she asks if the Twins are carrying any Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes stuff; though they deny it, she Summons toffees hidden from their persons. The Twins depart in stony silence, without a backwards glance.

The World Cup riots make the Daily Prophet, and Mrs. Weasley is distraught, fearing her family may have been injured. She is relieved when they troop back in the following morning, hugging everyone, and saying she had feared her last words to the Twins were angry complaints about their magical jokes and meager OWLs. When Mr. Weasley comments that he is mentioned in the newspaper article, Mrs. Weasley says she did not see his name, otherwise she would have known they were safe. Mr. Weasley is not identified by name, but has been misquoted as a "Ministry spokesman", making the situation even worse. As he heads to office to straighten things out, Mrs. Weasley protests that he is on vacation, but she is overruled.

The rest of the summer is subdued. Mr. Weasley and Percy spend all their time at the office, including weekends, dealing with the riot's fallout. Mrs. Weasley, seeing Fred and George hunched over a parchment, demands to know what they are doing. Told it is homework, she is skeptical, suspecting it is another order form. Fred, looking pained, asks, should the Hogwarts Express crash tomorrow, would she want her last words to the Twins to be an unfounded accusation?

As Harry and Ron pack their school trunks, Ron finds a hideous, lace-trimmed garment among his robes. Demanding to know what it is, Mrs. Weasley tells him it is his "formal robes", a school requirement this year. It was the best that was available at the second-hand clothing store. For Harry, however, Mrs. Weasley has bought new formal robes that are lace-free and in a colour matching his eyes. Mrs. Weasley explains that Harry can afford new robes, whilst they cannot. After Mrs. Weasley leaves, Ron complains bitterly about his family's poverty.

The following morning, Mrs. Weasley summons Mr. Weasley to the kitchen for an urgent call via the Floo network. After Mr. Weasley finishes talking with Amos Diggory, whose head is floating in the fireplace, Mrs. Weasley offers Amos some toast. He accepts and departs. Mrs. Weasley, Bill, and Charlie accompany the Twins, Harry, Ron, and Ginny to London in three Muggle taxicabs which Mrs. Weasley has braved the Muggle post office to call. Once on the platform, it appears that she knows about a secret event happening at the school; but like Bill and Charlie, refuses to divulge anything. And before the train is out of sight of the platform, the three have Disapparated.

Following the Triwizard Tournament's First Task, Charlie Weasley congratulates Harry on his win, then says he has to send an owl to Mrs. Weasley to let her know how Harry did.

At Christmas, Mrs. Weasley again sends Harry a hand-made jumper (US: sweater), this time green with a dragon on the front, and a large quantity of home-made mince pies. Later, at the Yule Ball, Harry, while talking to Percy, sees the Twins stop Ludo Bagman. Ludo later claims that the Twins only wanted marketing advice; Harry is certain Percy will report this exchange to Mrs. Weasley.

An article by Rita Skeeter appears in Witch Weekly shortly after the Second Task. Skeeter suggests that Hermione is romantically toying with both Harry and Viktor Krum. At Easter, Mrs. Weasley sends chocolate eggs; Ron's and Harry's are ostrich sized and filled with toffees, while Hermione's is no bigger than a chicken egg. Ron tells Hermione his mother reads Witch Weekly.

Shortly after Mr. Crouch's bizarre disappearance and reappearance at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to the Owlery to send Sirius a letter describing the event. They are interrupted by the Twins, who can be overheard discussing whether or not their letter sounds like blackmail; they fall silent upon seeing the Trio there. As they leave, Ron comments that the Twins are genuinely serious about starting a joke shop, they are not doing it just to annoy Mrs. Weasley.

On the day of the Third Task, Professor McGonagall tells Harry at breakfast that the Champions are meeting with their families in an adjacent room. Harry, knowing that the Dursleys would not be present, remains at the table until Cedric Diggory, the other Hogwarts Champion, summons him. Entering the room, he finds Mrs. Weasley and Bill are there. Amos Diggory, also present, is upset that Rita Skeeter's article only mentioned Harry as Hogwarts Champion. While Mrs. Weasley reminds him that Rita writes stories to deliberately cause trouble, this hardly calms him. Harry spends the morning escorting Bill and Mrs. Weasley around the grounds, with Mrs. Weasley commenting on her days there. At lunch, Mrs. Weasley is frosty towards Hermione until Harry explains that Hermione is not his girlfriend. Mrs. Weasley, perhaps remembering her own comments about Rita Skeeter, is then noticeably friendlier. Hermione, meanwhile is suspicious about Skeeter, and has been investigating magical bugging methods. She is unable to tell Harry what she has learned while Mrs. Weasley and Bill are present.

After Harry's exit from the maze, his encounter with Professor Moody, Barty Crouch's unmasking, and his debriefing by Dumbledore, Harry is taken to the Hospital Wing. Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Ron, and Hermione have been demanding that Madam Pomfrey tell them where Harry is. As Harry arrives with Dumbledore, Mrs. Weasley immediately swoops over to comfort him. Dumbledore forestalls any interrogation until morning, saying Harry needs sleep.

Mrs. Weasley is still at Harry's bedside the next morning when Professor McGonagall arrives with Cornelius Fudge, who wants to question Harry and delivers his prize money. After Fudge, angered at Harry and Dumbledore's insistence that Voldemort has returned, leaves, Dumbledore asks Mrs. Weasley if he can depend on her and Arthur. She assures him he can, and Bill leaves immediately to tell his father. Mrs. Weasley is shocked and alarmed when the large black dog that has stayed at Harry's bedside transforms into Sirius Black. After sending Sirius and Snape on their respective missions, Dumbledore tells Harry to drink his sleeping potion and leaves him with Ron, Hermione, and Mrs. Weasley. When Harry wants to return the Triwizard prize money, believing he did not actually win it, Mrs. Weasley tells him not to fret about it. A loud slamming sound at the window interrupts her, and Hermione apologizes for the noise, though she offers no explanation regarding what she is doing.

Ron later tells Harry that Mrs. Weasley asked Dumbledore if Harry could spend the entire summer at The Burrow, but Dumbledore insisted that Harry must return to the Dursleys'. Though no explanation was given, Ron says Dumbledore must have his reasons.

We see Mrs. Weasley again briefly at King's Cross Station, but she only has enough time to exchange a few words with Harry before Uncle Vernon drags him away.

Order of the Phoenix
When Harry is brought to Number 12, Grimmauld Place after the Dementor attack, Mrs. Weasley greets him in the front hall. Asking him to be quiet, she sends him upstairs while the grown-ups have a meeting. Ron and Hermione are there, and Fred, George, and Ginny soon join them. Despite staying at the Order of the Phoenix Headquarters, the Weasley children and Hermione know little more than Harry about what is happening with Voldemort, though Fred and George reveal their latest invention, Extendable Ears. They have been eavesdropping on meetings and other conversations with it, but Mrs. Weasley destroys any "Ears" that she finds. The Weasley children warn Harry against mentioning Percy, who has broken up with the family after a huge argument with his father. Mr. Weasley breaks whatever he is holding and Mrs. Weasley bursts into tears whenever his name is mentioned aloud.

After the meeting, Mrs. Weasley herds everyone downstairs for supper, and asks that the table be set, though she resists Harry's offer to help, telling him to rest from his trip. The Twins, trying to helpful, charm a large pot of stew, the bread and breadknife, and a pitcher of Butterbeer to the table. Mundungus Fletcher, Sirius, Harry, Ron, Bill, Hermione, and Ginny have to duck the flying, barely controlled dinnerware, while Sirius jerks away from the table, barely avoiding the breadknife stabbing his hand. Mrs. Weasley scolds the Twins for using magic for everything, even though they are now old enough.

Following dinner, Sirius suggests Harry ask questions about the Order's business; Mrs. Weasley objects, saying Harry is too young, and claims Sirius is confusing Harry with his father. Despite her vehement argument, Mrs. Weasley stands alone; Sirius, Lupin, and even Mr. Weasley feel Harry has a right to know. Abandoning this tack, Mrs. Weasley wants the Twins, Ron, and Hermione to leave, but Harry counters that he will just tell Ron and Hermione anything learns; the Twins, being legal age, should also stay. Defeated on all fronts, Mrs. Weasley hauls a loudly-protesting Ginny off to bed.

Returning to the kitchen, Mrs. Weasley remains quiet until Sirius mentions Voldemort is seeking a weapon. She interrupts, saying that is enough information. Lupin agrees, and the youngsters are sent upstairs to bed. The Twins gather in Ron and Harry's room to discuss what they have learned; but, hearing Mrs. Weasley approaching, they quickly Apparate to their own room. An exhausted Harry is asleep before she passes the room again on the way down.

The next morning, Mrs. Weasley allows Harry to sleep in, but puts her children to work making Grimmauld Place habitable. When Harry gets up, he finds Mrs. Weasley and the Weasley children in the drawing room. She tells Harry to get a mask and a sprayer; they are using Doxycide to eradicate doxies that have infested the drapes. She has doxy anti-venom but hopes it will not be needed. Fred and George sneak some collected doxy eggs into their pockets; George explains to Harry they are ingredients for their joke-shop goods. When the doorbell rings, Mrs. Weasley answers it. Looking out the window, Hermione sees Mundungus Fletcher carrying cauldrons, and Harry can hear both Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Black's portrait screaming in the front hall. When Mrs. Weasley returns with sandwiches, she is still fulminating about Mundungus and his attempt to use Headquarters to store his stolen goods.

Over the next several days, Mrs. Weasley sets all the children to cleaning Grimmauld Place. When Ron complains that he wanted to do something useful for the Order, Mrs. Weasley says making Headquarters livable is certainly useful. Meanwhile, they are repeatedly uncovering Dark magic artifacts, some of which the Twins hide away when Mrs. Weasley is looking elsewhere.

At dinner, Mrs. Weasley reminds Harry to get up early for his hearing at the Ministry. Mr. Weasley is accompanying him, as Professor Dumbledore requested, though Harry is upset that Dumbledore was at Headquarters without speaking to him. Mrs. Weasley reassures him that he will have no problem at the hearing, but Harry notices her worried expression. She still looks worried as Harry prepares to leave for the Ministry the next morning. She presses him to eat some breakfast, but he is too nervous and has no appetite. She is relieved when Harry returns acquitted, though Fred, George, and Ginny's victory dance annoys her to the point that she yells at them to be quiet.

The Hogwarts book lists finally arrive, and Hermione and Ron have been appointed Prefect. Mrs. Weasley, pleased that Ron has received such an honour, wants to buy him something – Percy got an owl, but Ron already has one. Ron suggests a new broom, but Mrs. Weasley pauses, saying it is expensive, but then agrees and dashes off to arrange a trip to Diagon Alley.

That evening, Mrs. Weasley has a celebration for Ron and Hermione being made Prefects. Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody is present, and Mrs. Weasley asks him to use his magical eye to inspect the parlour's writing desk to see if a Boggart is in it or something more deadly. Moody confirms it is a Boggart, which Mrs. Weasley will deal with herself. Later, Harry passes the drawing room on his way to bed and sees Ron lying dead on the floor. He hears a weeping Mrs. Weasley casting Riddikulus, and the dead Ron turns into a dead Mr. Weasley. Realizing it is the Boggart, Harry sees it change rapidly into several other dead Weasleys, and then himself. Lupin arrives and banishes the Boggart, then comforts Mrs. Weasley. Harry continues on to bed, aware that his own death is a more concrete possibility, and it is numbered among Mrs. Weasley's worst fears.

As they head off to school the next day, Mrs. Weasley is angered when the Twins charm their trunks to fly down the stairs, injuring Ginny. Mrs. Weasley heals her, but is then exasperated that Sirius demands to go to the station in his Dog Animagus shape. She gives in, but spends the trip pleading with Sirius to behave more like a dog. They make their farewells on the platform.

For the next while, Mrs. Weasley is unseen, but her presence is felt, however, when Hermione, irritated by Fred and George testing Fainting Fancies on first-year students, threatens to tell their mother. This proves to be a much more effective means of controlling the Twins than anything she could do as Prefect.

After Hermione arranges the first Dumbledore's Army meeting, Sirius relays a message from Mrs. Weasley to Ron forbidding him to join, and requests that Harry and Hermione consider the same.

Just before Christmas, Harry has a vision that Mr. Weasley is attacked by a snake. After confirming the vision is real, Professor Dumbledore prepares to send Harry and the Weasley children to Grimmauld Place. McGonagall asks if she should contact Mrs. Weasley, but Dumbledore says that is a job for Fawkes, though Mrs. Weasley may already know, due to her excellent clock at The Burrow which indicates where all the Weasleys are.

Shortly after the children arrive at Grimmauld Place, Mrs. Weasley sends word that Mr. Weasley is seriously injured, but still alive. This does little to ease the Weasley children and Harry, however. When Mrs. Weasley arrives at Grimmauld Place at 5:00 a.m., she reassures everyone that Mr. Weasley is sleeping peacefully. Harry, feeling somehow instrumental in Mr. Weasley being attacked, wonders if he is welcomed there, but Mrs. Weasley says Harry raising the alarm helped to save her husband's life.

Later that day, the entire family, guarded by Mad-Eye Moody and Tonks, visit Mr. Weasley in hospital. The adults discuss privately the events leading to Harry's warning, though Harry and the others listen in with the Twins' Extendable Ears. Moody suggests that Harry may be possessed by Voldemort.

Harry, fearing Voldemort is possessing him, isolates himself in his room; Mrs. Weasley sends up sandwiches when he does not appear at mealtimes. Once Ginny convinces Harry that he is not possessed, he joins in with the Christmas preparations. Over Christmas, Percy sends his Weasley jumper (US: sweater) back unopened without a written note, which leaves Mrs. Weasley feeling very hurt.

Later that day, Mundungus Fletcher drives the Weasley family, with Harry, Hermione, Moody, and Lupin, to the hospital. There, Mr. Weasley asks if they have seen his Healer. Mrs. Weasley, noting that his dressings have been changed, demands to know what is going on. The Twins, sensing storm clouds, quickly depart for the tea shop. Mr. Weasley diffidently mentions that the apprentice healer was experimenting with Muggle healing techniques, something called "stitches". Mrs. Weasley, saying it sounds like sewing, dismissively says that not even Mr. Weasley would be stupid enough to try that. Seeing that Mrs. Weasley is becoming livid at the idea of stitches, Harry and Ron, decide the tea shop is calling them as well, and depart with Hermione and Ginny.

Professor Snape visits Grimmauld Place, informing Harry that he will study Occlumency with him. Flying insults between Sirius and Snape have the two at wands drawn. Harry is standing between trying to prevent a duel when Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and the Weasley children return from hospital. Mr. Weasley is fully recovered.

Mrs. Weasley does not join Harry, Hermione, and the Weasley children on the Knight Bus taking them back to Hogwarts after the Christmas break, instead staying on at Headquarters.

When Fred and George exit the school for good, Ron worries that Mrs. Weasley will blame him for their premature departure. Harry assures him that is nonsense, but Ron says Mrs. Weasley somehow believes that, as a Prefect, Ron has the power to control the Twins and could have prevented them leaving.

Mrs. Weasley, along with Mr. Weasley, Fred, George, Lupin, Tonks, and Moody, are at the station when the Hogwarts Express returns Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny to London. The entire lot face down Harry's aunt, uncle, and cousin, demanding the Dursleys make concession to ensure Harry's comfort over the summer.

Half-Blood Prince
After only a fortnight, Professor Dumbledore retrieves Harry from the Dursleys', taking him via side-along Apparition to a small village to recruit a new teacher, then to The Burrow. It is well past midnight, but Mrs. Weasley is still up, waiting in the kitchen for Mr. Weasley to arrive home. She is talking with Tonks, who seems depressed. After Tonks and Dumbledore leave, Mrs. Weasley tells Harry that Mr. Weasley has been promoted, and now heads the new Office of Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects. The promotion has vastly improved the Weasley finances. When Mr. Weasley arrives, he insists on using the Ministry-recommended challenge technique to verify his and Mrs. Weasley's identities before he allows her to open the door. Mrs. Weasley is vastly embarrassed by the intimate questions, particularly with Harry listening in. Once inside, Mr. Weasley shares what happened during his day. Harry, tired but interested, is unable to stifle a yawn; Mrs. Weasley shoos him to bed.

The next morning, Fleur Delacour brings Harry's breakfast, with Mrs. Weasley grumbling behind her. Fleur, with her usual great drama, announces that she and Bill Weasley are engaged, then leaves. Ginny, Hermione, and Mrs. Weasley comment that Fleur is very full of herself, and wonder what Bill sees in her. Ginny has nicknamed her "Phlegm", which makes Harry and Hermione laugh, though Mrs. Weasley disapproves. After Mrs. Weasley leaves, Harry says how sad Tonks looks. Ron mentions that Mrs. Weasley is always inviting Tonks over, probably hoping that she and Bill will fancy each other. Later, when Harry ventures down to the kitchen, he finds Mrs. Weasley apparently ignoring Fleur, who flutters about with her wedding plans.

The day after Harry's birthday, the Hogwarts book lists arrive. The following day, Ron, Ginny, Harry, and Hermione, along with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, set out for Diagon Alley. Arriving in The Leaky Cauldron, they meet Hagrid who is helping to guard them. In Diagon Alley, Mr. Weasley is annoyed by street vendors selling phony anti-Dark amulets and charms, saying that if he was on the job he would run them in. Mrs. Weasley tells him to calm down. Ginny goes with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley to Flourish & Blotts for textbooks, while Ron, Harry, and Hermione head to Madam Malkin's with Hagrid.

The two groups later join up to visit Fred and George's new store, and Mrs. Weasley is taken aback by their garish window display which mocks Lord Voldemort. While in the store, Harry sees Draco Malfoy, and, under the Invisibility Cloak, he, Ron, and Hermione trail him into Knockturn Alley, eavesdropping on a transaction he has in Borgin & Burkes. Returning to the joke shop, they tell a worried Mrs. Weasley that they were in the store's back room.

The day before the students depart for Hogwarts, Mrs. Weasley wants everything packed the night before, to avoid a mad-morning rush to the train. For their protection, the Ministry is sending cars. The next morning, surprisingly, everyone is ready on time, and they arrive at the station in good order. While Mrs. Weasley bids her children goodbye, Harry takes Mr. Weasley aside and tells him about Draco, advising him to search Malfoy Manor again. Returning to the platform, he collects a farewell hug from Mrs. Weasley before boarding the train.

Harry stays at The Burrow for Christmas. He and Ron are peeling sprouts by hand because Mrs. Weasley feels Ron should understand how Muggles live by doing manual tasks; Harry joined in out of friendship and to talk to Ron privately about what has been happening at school. Mrs. Weasley enters the kitchen while Fred and George are there and explains the sleeping arrangements; with Bill and Fleur there, as well as Lupin, things will cramped. Percy, still estranged from the family, is not expected to be there.

On Christmas Eve, the family gathers in the parlour. The wireless (US: radio) is playing a selection by Mrs. Weasley's favourite singer, Celestina Warbeck, who Fleur evidently dislikes and tries talking over it. A small battle erupts in the background, with Mrs. Weasley repeatedly increasing the wireless' volume while Fleur raises her voice in response. After the song is finished, Fleur mocks it, which Mr. Weasley and Lupin use as a signal to end the evening, sending everyone to bed.

At Christmas dinner, the group discuss, among other things, Tonks, who was invited, but apparently chose to spend Christmas alone. Mrs. Weasley blames Bill for her absence, echoing Ron's earlier statement that she wants Bill and Tonks to hook up, and leading us to believe that Tonks' absence is because Fleur is present.

The entire group is stunned when Percy appears at the door, accompanied by the Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour. Percy woodenly wishes everyone a Happy Christmas. Mrs. Weasley runs to embrace him, which he tolerates but does not reciprocate. Scrimgeour takes Harry aside on the pretense of allowing the family time together, but it is actually a ruse so Scrimgeour can recruit Harry to the Ministry's side. However, the reunion does not last long when Percy furiously storms out of The Burrow with his glasses decorated with mashed parsnips which Fred, George, and Ginny all claim credit for splattering, leaving Mrs. Weasley in floods of tears for the coming week.

When Ron is accidentally poisoned on his birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley are summoned to the school. Arriving in the Hospital Wing, they effusively thank Harry for saving another Weasley. Harry, embarrassed by the praise, very quickly leaves the Hospital Wing with Hermione and Hagrid.

At the end, Bill is guarding Hogwarts when the battle at the Astronomy Tower breaks out. He is badly mauled by Fenrir Greyback, a vicious Werewolf. As Fenrir was not transformed at the time, Bill is not likely to become a werewolf, but Madam Pomfrey says his damaged face is permanently scarred. It is assumed that Fleur will now lose interest in Bill, but when Fleur overhears this aspersion, she is angered and offended that Mrs. Weasley thinks she was only interested in Bill for his looks; Fleur says she has good enough looks for them both, and the wedding is still on. She shoulders Mrs. Weasley aside and takes over tending Bill. Mrs. Weasley is stunned by Fleur's actions, then tentatively suggests that their Auntie Muriel's Goblin-made moonstone tiara would look lovely against Fleur's hair. She offers to arrange for Fleur to borrow it, which Fleur stiffly accepts. Before Harry can figure out what is going on, the two women are in tears, hugging each other.

While we do not see Mrs. Weasley again, it is likely that she remained at the school for Dumbledore's funeral.

Deathly Hallows
During the coordinated escape from Privet Drive, Harry and Hagrid arrive at Ted Tonks' house, then catch a Portkey to The Burrow. Mrs. Weasley and Ginny meet them, relieved to see Harry and Hagrid, but distraught that the others have not arrived yet. When Hagrid asks for some brandy, Mrs. Weasley runs to the kitchen, rather than Summoning it. Harry thinks she is hiding her tears. Shortly, when Lupin arrives with George, who is injured, Mrs. Weasley immediately tends his wound. Lupin takes Harry aside and queries him to confirm that he is the genuine Harry. Lupin fears someone in the Order betrayed them. The remaining pairs trickle in, leaving only Mundungus Fletcher and "Mad-Eye" Moody missing. Fletcher apparently panicked and Disapparated; the killing spell aimed at him hit Moody instead, though his body is never found. Harry, convinced his presence endangers the others, volunteers to leave, but Mrs. Weasley demands that he stay.

The Order knows about the Trio's mission for Dumbledore, but once rebuffed, simply offer their assistance. Mrs. Weasley, however, is more persistent and questions Harry directly, though he gently refuses to provide any information. Though Mrs. Weasley apparently settles into preparing for Bill and Fleur's wedding, the tasks she assigns Harry, Hermione, and Ron seem intended to separate them, thus preventing their preparation for the mission. Harry, fretting over this obstacle, rhetorically asks out loud whether Mrs. Weasley expects someone else to bump off Voldemort; Ginny, who is helping him, apparently now understands Harry's mission and becomes upset, though Harry pretends he was only joking.

Mrs. Weasley's attempt to separate the Trio eventually fails when Mr. Weasley frees Harry from a task. Harry goes to Ron's room, finding Hermione is also there. They do some planning before Mrs. Weasley discovers them and assigns new tasks.

When Fleur's mother arrives, she calms Mrs. Weasley's nerves immediately. Everything is lovely, everything is perfect, and Mrs. Delacour pitches in and helps, including providing a spell that cleans out the recalcitrant oven that has given Ron such problems.

As the next day is Harry's birthday, Mrs. Weasley asks Harry what he would like. Feeling he is already burden enough on the Weasleys during this busy time, Harry responds he needs nothing, and does not want a big fuss made. However, on his birthday, Mrs. Weasley gives Harry a gold watch, a traditional gift for a wizard on reaching his majority. Mrs. Weasley diffidently apologizes for its used condition, saying it belonged to her late brother; Harry understands its significance, and hugs Mrs. Weasley in gratitude. Later, Harry sees Mrs. Weasley carrying what looks like an enormous Golden Snitch; investigating, he realizes it is his birthday cake.

Rufus Scrimgeour's meeting with Harry, Ron, and Hermione later that day to discuss Dumbledore's Will becomes heated, and tempers flare. The shouting brings Mr. and Mrs. Weasley to the parlour, just in time to see an angry Scrimgeour exiting.

On Bill and Fleur's wedding day, while we can see that Mrs. Weasley has done an excellent decorating job, she has very little role in the celebrations. Mrs. Weasley is also in tears as Percy is absent from the wedding.

Mrs. Weasley is not seen again until she arrives in the Room of Requirement in response to the Order being summoned to defend Hogwarts. The entire Weasley clan are in the Room of Requirement when Percy arrives. After a strained moment, which Fleur attempts to defuse, Percy loudly declares he has been a blind, ambitious fool, and asks for his family's forgiveness. Mrs. Weasley bursts into tears and rushes forward to embrace Percy, followed by Mr. Weasley. They then head into the battle together.

We see Mrs. Weasley once in passing: during a break in the battle, as Harry carries Snape's memories to the Pensieve in the Headmaster's office, he sees the Weasley family gathered together, mourning Fred's death.

Near the end of the battle at Hogwarts, Bellatrix Lestrange is dueling Hermione, Ginny, and Luna. When a deadly curse narrowly misses Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, enraged that her daughter is being attacked and vowing another Weasley will not be lost, engages Bellatrix in a fierce combat, killing her. Seeing Bellatrix fall, Voldemort hurls a curse at Mrs. Weasley; Harry, from under the Invisibility Cloak, blocks it.

In the victory celebration following the battle, Harry sees the Weasley family sitting together, and Ginny leaning against her mother. Harry avoids imposing himself, allowing them to grieve their loss privately.

Strengths
Molly Weasley is a loving wife and devoted mother who cares deeply for her family; she is very much the kingpin around which the entire Weasley clan revolves. Though her magical abilities are largely unseen until the final battle at Hogwarts, she is an extremely powerful witch and excellent duelist, able to defeat Bellatrix Lestrange, a formidable opponent, single-handedly.

While we are unable to judge her intelligence relative to (say) her husband, she has raised a family of very powerful, and in the Twins' case, very inventive, wizards. Her position within the Order of the Phoenix would also indicate she possesses a keener mind than might initially be supposed. She is genuinely friendly and congenial, but underlying this is a direct and forceful character, far more than her husband; she never hesitates to speak her mind, whether it is about the family, Harry, or issues pertaining to the Order of the Phoenix.

Molly is also generous to others, taking Harry into the family as one of her own, providing him gifts, even though there is little money to buy her own children presents. She cares enough that she is unable to allow him to go without while her offspring, despite how meager it may be, always receive a gift on holidays and birthdays.

Weaknesses
As we see in the episode with the Boggart in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Molly's greatest fear is harm befalling her children or her husband... or Harry. Seeing these fears manifest themselves in solid form leaves her weakened and in tears. It is this fear and her love for her family that propels her to combat Bellatrix single handedly, a potentially unwise decision given that, being in Voldemort's upper echelon, Bellatrix is an extremely powerful witch. It is Molly's hitherto unheralded dueling skill that leaves her the victor.

While Molly dearly loves her children, and she and her husband, poor as they are, always provide for them, she can be insensitive regarding their emotional needs. When Ron is required to have formal robes for his fourth year, the hideous lace-trimmed garment she selects not only embarrasses Ron, but unintentionally makes him a target for ridicule, particularly by Draco Malfoy and his cohorts. As a result, Ron's low self-esteem and shaky confidence nosedives even further. That Molly selects proper robes for Harry because he can afford them only makes matters worse, by emphasizing the financial disparity between the two boys and adding fuel to Ron's occasional jealous bouts. Molly, however, seems oblivious to Ron's anguish, mainly concerned with fulfilling her parental obligation to supply her child's requirement for what the family can afford. However, this pattern softens as the Weasley finances later improve, and Molly, though initially hesitant, agrees to buy Ron a new broom when he is made a Gryffindor Prefect.

She also fails to support Fred and George's plan to open a joke shop, convinced it is a silly and doomed venture; she firmly believes they can only succeed by pursuing traditional careers. However, this belief is probably motivated by the many years she and Arthur struggled financially, even with Arthur's stable, though low-paying, Ministry job.

Ironically, it is Percy who causes her the most pain when he breaks up with the family over loyalty allegiances, bursting into tears whenever anyone mentions his name aloud. She also makes excuses for Percy's absence at Christmas by saying that he is busy with the Ministry.

Relationships with Other Characters
Molly Weasley cares deeply for her children. Like all parents, she wants to be proud of her offspring. As a result, she is possibly a little more ambitious on their behalf than they are themselves. She seems disappointed that the Twins have no interest in working for the Ministry, apparently believing that their starting a joke shop is somehow beneath them or doomed to failure. She is proud when Percy is appointed Bartemius Crouch's assistant, and must be pleased, at least initially, by his apparent rapid rise within the Ministry. His departure from the family, stormy as it is, pains Molly deeply.

Molly does recognize her children's individuality, and we see a separate motherly dynamic in action for each. She is, for instance, always nagging Bill about his long hair, and chastising the Twins' over their low grades and meager OWLs. She accepts Percy's pompousness, perhaps thinking it justified in someone who is selected as Prefect and later Head Boy. Her interaction with Ron is more varied; perhaps because we observe it more closely, Ron being almost a viewpoint character in the series, but it seems a largely mutual exasperation, Ron at the exigencies of their financial situation, Molly at Ron's inability to handle it. Apart from the protectiveness we see late in book 7, there is little visible interaction between Molly and Ginny.

One ongoing thorn in Molly's side must be Arthur, her husband. Arthur's fascination with Muggle artifacts and techniques exasperates her, his experimenting with spells on them vexes her, and his unwillingness to discipline the children, the Twins in particular, infuriates her. Further, although she never outwardly mentions it, his lack of ambition must gall her as well; surely, if he had a little more gumption, he could advance to a higher-paying Ministry job. And yet, their marriage seems solid, caring for and about each other.

Harry's experience with Molly begins somewhat alarmingly. When he first arrives at The Burrow, Molly tears a strip off the Twins and Ron for their previous night's misadventure, even though it was to rescue Harry. Harry fears he is in for the same, but Molly instantly moderates her tone, knowing he is blameless, and, after a warm welcome, invites him in for breakfast. Molly, throughout the six years starting with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, brings Harry into her own circle, caring for him as she does her own children, but always recognizing her limited authority over him. We are perhaps mildly surprised that Molly never scolds Harry for reckless behavior, considering his possible death is among her worst fears.

Analysis
For almost the entire series, we see Molly Weasley as essentially "the good mother", nurturing her children, worrying about them, scolding them when they misbehave, and shielding them from life's cold, harsh realities as best she can. Over time, she also takes Harry under her wing, treating him and defending him as she would her own children. This becomes quite apparent early on in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, where she argues unsuccessfully against letting Harry be told the Order's business. In this, she is battling her own husband, who agrees with the other Order members that Harry has a right to know. Additionally, Arthur believes in being a softer disciplinarian than Molly, particularly regarding the Twins. We see this first in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where, upon being told the Twins took the flying car without permission, his first reaction is to ask how it went, rather than to scold them for taking it. We see it again in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where Arthur, who scolds the Twins for dropping a magical toffee where Dudley would find it, suddenly backtracks when Molly appears. Molly's attempts to protect Harry come to a head in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where she continually separates Harry, Ron, and Hermione with various tasks, apparently hoping to derail their mission for Dumbledore, fearing just what that mission actually entails. Like many teenagers, Harry chafes at being over-protected, though without openly rebelling. Perhaps because he has been so starved for affection, he accepts this protectiveness as part of the package, and understands its underlying motive. However, he avoids it long enough to make the necessary preparations for his mission.

It is only in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when she skillfully defeats Bellatrix Lestrange in a duel, killing her, that Molly is revealed to be an extremely powerful witch who has apparently been suppressing her talents while raising her family. From our first meeting with her, in retrospect, we do sense there is a restrained power, a self-assurance in her manner that hardly tallies with the simple housewife persona she projects. It is also unlikely she would be an integral Order of the Phoenix member unless she had specific and significant talents. Granted, one would also have to be very self-assured to deal with raising her sons, especially Fred and George, but perhaps their nature is due to their having inherited her power and forceful personality. It seems that they are their mother's sons, where Percy and Ron have inherited more from their father. It is certainly true that Ginny seems to have inherited much of Molly's nature and temperament.

Though nothing has been specifically mentioned about Molly Weasley's wand, it can be guessed, as per the author's entry about wandlore and wand woods in Pottermore, that Molly Weasley may have been an owner of a Cedar wand. Molly, through the first 6 books, does not show outstanding magical and duelist abilities, yet it remains a back-ground factor that her home-making and culinary skills are flawless. Moreover, following Fred's death and Bellatrix' direct attack on Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley surfaces as a fearsome wielder of martial magical abilities, a characteristic that is peculiar to the carriers of a Cedar wand.

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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Arthur Weasley

Overview
Arthur Weasley is the head of the Weasley family, and so is father to Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. He worked at the Ministry of Magic in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office when Cornelius Fudge was the Minister of Magic. Arthur was then promoted to head the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects when Rufus Scrimgeour became the Minister. After Scrimgeour leaves the Ministry, this Office is likely abolished, but we do not learn where Arthur is reassigned; he does continue working for the Ministry. Arthur is a thin man, going bald, but the little hair on his head is as red as any of his children’s. His dearest wish is to find out how Muggle airplanes stay up.

Arthur Weasley's birthday is apparently 6 February.

Philosopher's Stone
It is mentioned that Mr. Weasley, Ron Weasley's father, works with the Ministry of Magic, however he otherwise plays no part in this book.

Chamber of Secrets
Mr. Weasley first appears when he arrives home from an overnight Ministry raid searching for Dark magic objects to find that Fred, George, and Ron have rescued Harry from the Dursleys'. Mr. Weasley is intrigued, first, by Harry's presence, and second, by the Twins having used his flying car. "How did it go?" When his wife, Molly, sternly reminds him their behavior was bad, Mr. Weasley weakly chastises them. Ron and Harry depart, and Mrs. Weasley's yelling can be heard even from Ron's attic bedroom.

Mr. Weasley accompanies the group to Diagon Alley to shop for school supplies. Heated remarks, partly motivated by Hermione Granger's Muggle parents being present, are exchanged with Lucius Malfoy at Flourish & Blott's, and result in a brawl from which Mr. Weasley emerges slightly the worse for wear.

All of the Weasley children, plus Harry, ride from The Burrow to London in Mr. Weasley's flying car; Mrs. Weasley comments on how there seems to be so much room inside, unaware that Mr. Weasley has charmed it so that the inside is larger than the outside. At King's Cross Station, Ron and Harry are unable to pass through the barrier at Platform Nine and Three Quarters. They fly Mr. Weasley's car to Hogwarts, where it crashes into the Whomping Willow. The car ejects them before wildly driving off into the Forbidden Forest; it re-appears later, saving Harry and Ron from the giant spider, Aragog's, children.

We next see Mr. Weasley after Ginny Weasley is rescued from the Chamber of Secrets. Mr. Weasley chastises her: "How many times have I told you not to trust something, if you can't see where it keeps its brains?"

Prisoner of Azkaban
Mr. Weasley accompanies his family (Mrs. Weasley, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny) to Diagon Alley for school supplies. After dinner, Harry returns to the lounge to look for the Rat Tonic Ron bought for Scabbers, his pet rat. He overhears Mr. and Mrs. Weasley discussing whether or not Harry should be told that Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban. Black apparently intends to murder Harry. As students board the Hogwarts Express the next day, Mr. Weasley takes Harry aside to tell him about Black; Harry admits he overheard the previous night's conversation. Mr. Weasley asks Harry to promise he will not go looking for Sirius Black, but the train departs before Harry can respond, leaving him confused about why Mr. Weasley thinks he would want to look for Black.

Goblet of Fire
Mr. Weasley procures tickets for the Quidditch World Cup, and Harry and Hermione are invited to attend with the family. After Harry receives Uncle Vernon's grudging permission, Mr. Weasley arranges to collect Harry. Mr. Weasley, unaware the Dursleys boarded over their fireplace, has had it connected to the Floo network. When he arrives with Ron and the Twins in this constricted, closed space, Mr. Weasley determines that his only way out is to blast a hole in the wall, terrifying the Dursleys. The situation remains strained, even though Mr. Weasley attempts to engage Vernon and Petunia in a friendly conversation about electricity. Fred accidentally-on-purpose drops some Ton-Tongue Toffee, and Dudley Dursley picks it up and eats it, massively enlarging his tongue. Mayhem ensues, with the Dursleys, clearly blaming anything to do with the Wizarding world, attacking Mr. Weasley with china figurines even as he tries to help them.

Returning to the Burrow, Mr. Weasley is angry enough to scold the Twins for their behavior, warning them that these type of pranks damage Muggle-Wizard relationships. He threatens to tell Mrs. Weasley, but when she, entering, demands, "tell me what?" he backs off sharply, though apparently not sharply enough. From Ron's bedroom, Harry and Ron can again hear Mrs. Weasley yelling.

Early the next morning, Mr. Weasley, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, and Ginny walk to Stoatshead Hill, where, along with Amos Diggory and his son, Cedric, they find the Portkey that will transport them to the match. Arriving at the campground, they set up camp, with Mr. Weasley enchanted by such common things as matches and the mallet used to drive in tent pegs. Tea and breakfast are finally ready, just as Bill, Charlie, and Percy arrive from the nearby woods, where they have Apparated in. Throughout the afternoon, Mr. Weasley exchanges greetings with other Ministry wizards passing by, while identifying them for the others. Ludovic Bagman stops by, taking bets on the match's outcome, and asking if Mr. Weasley has seen Bartemius Crouch; shortly afterwards, Bartemius himself stops by, and they discuss problems Ludo is having with the Bulgarian delegation. They also mention some event that will be happening at Hogwarts; Mr. Weasley and Percy evidently know what this event is, but reveal nothing to the inquisitive students.

Mr. Weasley escorts Harry, Hermione, and the Weasley children to the top box, where Mr. Weasley has a small run-in with Lucius Malfoy. During the game, Mr. Weasley has to restrain his sons and Harry, who are entranced by the Bulgarian mascots, the Veela. He promises that the Irish mascots are even more impressive: leprechauns appear, showering the crowd with gold coins. When the competition between the Quidditch teams turns ugly, so does the conflict between the team mascots; the Veela, throwing fireballs, start turning into bird-like creatures with cruel beaks, displaying their true appearance. Mr. Weasley wisely comments that women should not be judged by looks alone.

After the match, a riot breaks out; Mr. Weasley, along with Bill, Charlie, and Percy, leave to battle the mob of apparent Death Eaters, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione hide in the woods; someone nearby invokes Voldemort's Dark Mark that appears in the night sky. Shortly after, they are surrounded by wizards casting Stunners in all directions. Mr. Weasley rushes in and defends Harry, Ron, and Hermione against Bartemius Crouch's accusations that they summoned the Mark. After the confusion has abated, Mr. Weasley ushers Harry, Ron, and Hermione back to their tents, reassuring them along the way. After a short night, everyone catches an early Portkey back to Stoatshead Hill and the Burrow. Mrs. Weasley, reading about the riots in the Daily Prophet, is relieved to see them all safe.

Later, hack journalist Rita Skeeter publishes an article in which she deliberately misquotes Mr. Weasley, and for the rest of the summer, he works long hours at the Ministry, attempting to repair the damage. Mr. Weasley is at the Ministry when Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred, and George leave for Hogwarts.

Order of the Phoenix
When Harry reaches Number 12, Grimmauld Place, Mr. Weasley is already there, ensconced in a meeting with other Order of the Phoenix members. The Weasley children warn Harry against mentioning Percy, who has recently broken up with the family. Otherwise, Mr. Weasley breaks whatever he is holding and Mrs. Weasley bursts into tears. Harry has dinner along with the other Weasleys, Hermione, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black.

When Remus asks Harry after dinner if he has any questions about Voldemort, Molly Weasley protests; Mr. Weasley, supporting Lupin and Sirius, avers that Harry has a right to know. Harry's insistence that he will only tell Ron and Hermione anything he learns earns them, Fred, and George permission to stay and listen as Harry's questions are answered. Defeated, Mrs. Weasley still sends a protesting Ginny to bed. Between them, Lupin, Sirius, Mr. Weasley, and Bill explain what the Order of the Phoenix is, and what they believe Lord Voldemort is attempting to do.

Mr. Weasley accompanies Harry, charged with using underage magic, to the Ministry of Magic for his hearing. Mr. Weasley suggests they travel by non-magical means to make a better impression, so they commute by subway. Mr. Weasley is enthralled by the ticket vending machines (even though they are broken), and by the escalators. He and Harry use the Ministry's visitor's entrance, then travel through the Ministry and the Auror branch, to his office, an over-filled converted broom closet. When the hearing starts, Mr. Weasley escorts Harry to the courtroom, then waits outside until Harry returns, cleared of all charges. As he and Harry are discussing the trial, Percy Weasley exits the courtroom; he apparently fails to notice Mr. Weasley, who says nothing to him, though his expression tightens. Mr. Weasley and Harry see Cornelius Fudge talking with Lucius Malfoy as they pass through the Ministry Atrium; spotting Mr. Weasley and Harry, Lucius suggests they finish their discussion, which apparently concerns a large donation Malfoy will be making, to the Minister's office.

Just before Christmas holidays, Harry has a vision of Mr. Weasley being attacked by Nagini the snake. Harry alerts Professor McGonagall who takes him to Professor Dumbledore; Dumbledore, in turn, dispatches the Headmaster portraits to raise the alarm. Mr. Weasley is found alive, but seriously injured, and taken to St. Mungo's. The Weasley children and Harry are sent by Portkey to Grimmauld Place; after a tense night, Mrs. Weasley sends word that Mr. Weasley will survive. Shortly after, the family visits him in the hospital. Mr. Weasley effusively thanks Harry for saving his life, though Harry is uncertain how much gratitude he deserves; having witnessed the attack through the snake's eyes, he believes he may have been the agent of the attack on Mr. Weasley. Later, while Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Tonks, and Moody are discussing the incident, Harry overhears Moody saying that Harry may be possessed by Voldemort.

On Christmas, the family visits Mr. Weasley again. Arthur is enchanted by Harry's gift, a collection of screwdrivers and fuse wire. It seems that he and an apprentice healer have been experimenting with Muggle healing techniques, and have tried something called "stitches" on Mr. Weasley's wound. This has apparently been less than successful. Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave as Mrs. Weasley starts winding up to yell at her husband.

Shortly before school starts again, Mr. Weasley returns to Grimmauld Place, fully healed. His arrival, with all his family, interrupts an incipient duel between Sirius and Snape, though Mr. Weasley believes that the situation was not as serious as Harry thought.

Finally, Mr. Weasley is present at King's Cross station when Harry returns from school. Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Tonks, and Moody, along with Ron, Harry, and Hermione, speak to the Dursleys, saying that they expect to hear regularly from Harry, and if they do not, they will be visiting to see what is wrong.

Half-Blood Prince
At The Burrow, Mrs. Weasley tells Harry that Mr. Weasley has been working extremely long hours at the Ministry. Mr. Weasley arrives later, extremely wearied. Being a Ministry employee, and feeling he must set a good example, before Mrs. Weasley lets him enter, he confirms who she is and insists that she do the same. In this exchange, we learn that his dearest wish is to learn how Muggle airplanes stay up.

As he is working long hours, Mr. Weasley is seldom seen while Harry is at the Burrow, though he accompanies Mrs. Weasley, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, and Ron to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies. He is scandalized that vendors are offering phony anti-Dark magic charms, saying if he was on duty, he would run them in. Mrs. Weasley asks him to remain calm. The family splits up, with Harry, Ron, and Hermione going to Madam Malkin's for robes, escorted by Hagrid, while Ginny and her parents head to Flourish & Blotts for textbooks. They regroup later to visit Fred and George's store, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

Mr. Weasley escorts Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny to the Hogwarts Express. On the platform, Harry privately tells Mr. Weasley that he followed Draco Malfoy to Borgin & Burkes in Knockturn Alley. While there, Malfoy spoke about some Dark magic object that he needed repaired. Mr. Weasley says they have thoroughly searched Malfoy Manor and found nothing.

Ron later passes Mr. Weasley's message to Harry saying that Malfoy Manor was searched again, and still nothing was found.

We see Mr. Weasley during Christmas at the Burrow. Harry says he overheard Malfoy and Severus Snape discussing some task the Dark Lord has assigned Draco, and about an Unbreakable Vow Snape made to Draco's mother, Narcissa Malfoy. Mr. Weasley believes Snape may be trying to determine what Draco's mission is, to report it to the Order of the Phoenix; Remus Lupin echoes this opinion.

Later, upon hearing that Ron was poisoned, Mr. Weasley comes to Hogwarts with Mrs. Weasley, and compliments Harry for saving Ron's life.

Deathly Hallows
We hear that Mr. Weasley visited the Dursleys with Kingsley Shacklebolt, advising them to accept the Order's offer to hide them when Harry turns 17 and the protective charms that Lily Potter's death provided end. Unimpressed by Mr. Weasley, who half-destroyed the parlor when he last visited, Vernon Dursley, nonetheless, accepts guidance from Shacklebolt, possibly because he has seen him on TV, standing behind the Prime Minister.

Mr. Weasley is among the protectors accompanying the six Harry Potter decoys used to confuse the Death Eaters when Harry leaves Privet Drive shortly before his 17th birthday. Additionally, Hagrid mentions that the defensive modifications to Sirius Black's motorcycle, the one which the true Harry will be riding, were done by Mr. Weasley.

On arriving at the Burrow, Mr. Weasley rushes in to see what is happening, and is dismayed that George's ear was severed by a spell, but relieved there is no other injury.

Mr. Weasley assists Mrs. Weasley in preparing for Bill and Fleur's wedding. When Mrs. Weasley assigns Harry and Mr. Weasley the job of cleaning the chicken coop, Mr. Weasley tells Harry not to bother; Ted Tonks has sent Sirius' wrecked flying motorcycle, which Mr. Weasley has stored in the chicken coop, hoping to figure out how brakes work when he puts it all back together.

When the Ministry falls and Death Eaters attack The Burrow, Harry, Ron, and Hermione escape, eventually taking refuge in Grimmauld Place. Mr. Weasley sends his Patronus there, letting them know the family is safe and to not reply, they are being watched.

Before infiltrating the Ministry to search for Voldemort's Locket Horcrux, Harry, Ron, and Hermione secretly observe its operations for a month. They watch Mr. Weasley going in with the other Ministry workers each morning and returning home in the evening. When they actually enter the Ministry to locate Dolores Umbridge, who has the Locket, Harry is on a lift (US: elevator) with Mr. Weasley when Percy steps on. Percy, seeing his father there, quickly gets off at the next floor; Mr. Weasley confronts Harry, who is disguised as Albert Runcorn, and tells him that if he provides information against any other wizards as he did against Dirk Cresswell, he will be in deep trouble. Harry warns Mr. Weasley that he has a trace on him, but Mr. Weasley thinks "Runcorn" is threatening him.

Mr. Weasley also participates in the final battle at Hogwarts. Kingsley Shacklebolt assigns him, along with Lupin and himself, to lead squads on the Hogwarts grounds in the battle. We then see him and Percy, who has reconciled with the family, together dropping the healed Pius Thicknesse, and later with the other Weasleys following the battle, consoling each other over the tragic loss of Fred in the battle.

Strengths
Arthur Weasley appears to be a talented and competent wizard. The Weasleys are one of the Old Wizarding Families, pureblood as far back as they can trace. However, Mr. Weasley, and the entire family, shun Voldemort's "pure-blood" superiority ideology, believing their ancestry should grant them no particular advantage or status over Half-bloods, Muggle-borns, or even Muggles. Many Pure-blood wizards consider this a betrayal, and have branded the Weasleys, and those like them, with the epithet "blood traitor". This "betrayal of the blood" has resulted in Mr. Weasley receiving verbal abuse from pure-blood wizards, who also generally mock his relative poverty. Mr. Weasley's strong character shows in his unflinching response to these assaults. As late as the final book, we see him not only standing his ground against these attacks, but challenging Albert Runcorn (who unknown to him is actually Harry Potter in disguise), a high-level official in the now Death-eater dominated Ministry of Magic.

A devoted husband and loving father, Mr. Weasley always puts his family first. His main strength is his affable, calm demeanor and also his compassion. Lucius Malfoy claims Mr. Weasley is, "a disgrace to the name of wizard," because he helped author Muggle Protection Laws that he now enforces.

Mr. Weasley feels that everyone should be given a chance. This even extends to allowing others to possibly place him at risk: while hospitalized after being attacked, Mr. Weasley agreed to allow an apprentice healer to experiment with new Muggle wound-healing methods on him.

Weaknesses
It could be argued that Mr. Weasley's inability to control the Twins, or other family members, is a weakness. However, whenever a Weasley child needs any correction, he is swift to apply it; witness his reaction when he discovered one of the Twins inveigling Ron into making an Unbreakable Vow, an act that can result in death. It is perhaps more likely that he feels very deeply about his children, to the point that, particularly after Mrs. Weasley's usual browbeating, he feels it is unreasonable or unnecessary to additionally scold or punish them.

In Lord Voldemort's eyes and the Death Eaters, of course, his love for his children is a weakness, as is his fondness for Muggles and their technology. To Percy Weasley and others in the Ministry, Mr. Weasley's lack of ambition is clearly considered a deficiency. He, however, is happy with his job, and though it may pay less than he would like, he feels he is doing something that benefits Wizardkind; he has no desire to advance to a post that would take him away from his beloved Muggles.

However content Mr. Weasley may be with his stalled Ministry career, his underachieving nature has created a hardship for his wife and children. His meager salary barely supports the family, and Molly and the seven offspring have always had to make do with few extras—used and hand-me-down goods are a Weasley tradition. The older boys hardly seem bothered by this, but Ron's self-esteem is particularly affected. He, being the youngest of six sons, is often the last to inherit family possessions that have exchanged many hands. And though Ginny is younger than Ron, she, being a girl, has different requirements, or, by the time Ron is ready to pass on something to her, it may have become so shoddy as to be unusable and must be replaced, likely with a better second-hand item. Mr. Weasley does accept a promotion later in the series, allowing him to better provide for the family, particularly after the older boys have moved out.

Readers have little feel for Mr. Weasley's magical abilities. Given the charms he is able to work on the Ford Anglia, and on Sirius Black's flying motorcycle, one guesses that he is at the very least capable. The flying car, in particular, is quite a magical feat, apparently becoming sentient enough to recognize family members, and it later rescues Ron and Harry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; it is unclear if Mr. Weasley ever intended for his charm to have such a profound effect on it, and he may actually possess powers he fails to recognize or has never taken the initiative to fully develop. From his selection by Moody as a protector for the seven Potter decoys and selection by Kingsley to lead troops into the grounds at the Battle of Hogwarts, he must be a reasonably strong duelist and skilled with defensive spells, though we never directly see him in battle.

Relationships with Other Characters
Arthur Weasley is a devoted husband who enjoys a loving relationship with his wife, Molly. As the family patriarch, Mr. Weasley is supposedly called in when Molly is unable to control the children. He is rather remarkably ineffective at this, however, unwilling to punish his offspring more than they have been already. The only time we see him angry is after the Twins tricked Harry's cousin Dudley with Ton-Tongue Toffee. It is mentioned that, in the past, he was furious enough to strike Fred for inciting Ron to make an Unbreakable Vow, a potentially lethal act.

Arthur does seem more than a little overshadowed by his wife, though that may be simply the viewpoint from which we see them. Throughout the series, Harry, despite eventually reaching his majority, is treated by the Weasley family more or less as one of their own children, and so he, and we, will understand Arthur and Molly's relationship through a child's eyes. A more mature reader may guess that Arthur has followed a somewhat old-fashioned parenting path, leaving the daily child-rearing duties to Molly and acting primarily as the family bread-winner. Given the odd hours he is required to be working, this is likely a workable solution, though it does put rather a strain on Molly. We are only given occasional hints of their interactions when the children are not present, but what hints we are granted do suggest that Arthur and Molly remain devoted to each other, even after seven children and at least twenty five years of marriage.

The Weasley children dearly love their father, though even they may consider him rather eccentric. When Percy, the third eldest son, becomes obsessed with his Ministry career and mindlessly follows their anti-Harry Potter agenda, he estranges himself from the family. Mr. Weasley becomes particularly upset over Percy's behavior. Percy eventually reconciles with the family, and Mr. Weasley immediately accepts him back.

Mr. Weasley is also close to Harry, treating him much like a son, though their relationship is never as strong as the ones Harry shares with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, or even Rubeus Hagrid. Harry is always a welcome visitor at The Burrow, but with seven children, it would seem unlikely that Harry would receive any special attention other than as an honored guest. Presumably their relationship grows much closer after Harry marries Ginny Weasley.

Muggles endlessly fascinate Mr. Weasley, particularly the strange items they use in lieu of magic, and their resulting lifestyle. Mr. Weasley constantly queries Harry Potter about his life while at the Dursleys; he is also curious about Hermione Granger's and her Muggle parents' lives; his attempts to discuss Muggle technology with the Dursleys when he visits there terrifies them. He has a very open, congenial character, and always attempts to engage someone in conversation.

It is his fondness for Muggles that has Mr. Weasley often at daggers drawn with Lucius Malfoy. Their ongoing feud erupts into a physical altercation in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Mr. Weasley is an Order of the Phoenix member, and he appears to be well liked and regarded by other Order members; Dumbledore apparently places the utmost trust in his abilities and loyalty, and recognizes the important role he plays in not only protecting Harry, but providing him a surrogate family life.

Analysis
We can see that Arthur is intended to be something of a father figure, from the first time we meet him. He is overshadowed by Dumbledore, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin, who are either more closely connected to Harry (Sirius is his godfather), or because they spend more time with Harry (Dumbledore and Lupin are at the school, where Harry spends the major part of his time). Arthur's fatherly influence is largely limited to what Harry picks up from Arthur's interactions with his sons, but Harry's feeling at home in The Burrow clearly means that he accepts Arthur's nominal head of household position there.

Many of the names given to characters in the Potter series clearly are meant to carry some indication of the personalities involved. In the case of Arthur, one wonders if the association one is meant to draw, consciously or otherwise, is with the legendary English king. There are definitely some similarities in the feelings of the characters of Arthur Weasley and the Arthur portrayed by T. H. White in The Once and Future King; notably, Arthur Weasley shares King Arthur's preoccupation with the rule of law and the rights of all people, not just the birthright "nobility," represented in the Potter series by the "pure-blood" wizards. This connection is somewhat tenuous, so while it could be quite interesting to explore, it may be beyond the scope of this work. One does rather wonder whether Molly is meant to represent Guinevere in this case, exactly who would be filling the roles of Merlin and Lancelot, and whether Percy is an analog for Mordred.

Questions

 * 1) How and where did Mr. Weasley purchase the car in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that he charmed into flying?
 * 2) Mr. Weasley starts off as something like the deputy head of a Ministry department, even if a relatively unimportant one, and is a competent Ministry official who "could have had promotion any time", eventually does get promoted, and has been on first-name terms with the highest officials (e. g. Bartemius Crouch) all the time. How does this square with the constant theme of the Weasleys' poverty? What is the implication concerning civil servants' salaries in the magical community?

Greater Picture
It is interesting to note that in the original plotline for the seven-book series, the author intended that Arthur Weasley would not survive Nagini's attack at the Ministry in book 5. In the ongoing pattern of father figures falling to Voldemort, Arthur Weasley was supposed to fall in this book, along with Sirius Black. It is uncertain why Arthur was spared, but it certainly seems to tighten the bonds between the Weasley family and Harry when he becomes the instrument that saves their father. The author has later stated that Mr. Weasley's death would have radically changed the dynamics between the Trio, effectively nullifying Ron's good humour, which helps to balance and bind the group. She also has stated that he was one of the few good father figures in the series, and so should be able to survive, and also that his survival made the deaths of Remus and Nymphadora Lupin necessary.


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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

General Overview

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry "is the best school of wizardry in Great Britain", according to Rubeus Hagrid. In fact, the author has implied that it is the only school of wizardry in Britain — while every Wizarding child can go to Hogwarts, the author states that not all do choose to do so. Also, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it is stated that before Lord Voldemort's takeover of the Ministry of Magic, parents of Wizarding children could, instead of sending them to Hogwarts, homeschool them or send them abroad if they so wished, implying that those were the only three options available. The events of the first six books of the Harry Potter series, and the climax of the seventh book, occur largely in and around this school, which Harry attends to get his education from the time he turns 11.

Extended Description
Founded roughly a thousand years before the events of the series by the four Founders (Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin), Hogwarts, the premier Wizarding school in Britain, is housed in a large magically-active castle near the Wizarding village of Hogsmeade. The castle itself is protected by Anti-Apparition wards (preventing an attacker from suddenly appearing in its midst), and Muggle-Repellent charms (to the occasional Muggle who is determined to approach, the castle is spelled to look like a dangerous ruin, with keep-away warning signs posted). The Forbidden Forest, adjacent to the school grounds, contains many wild magical creatures, some of which are actively hostile towards humans, Wizarding or not. Situated at the edge of the Forest, the Groundskeeper's Hut, where Rubeus Hagrid ("Keeper of the Keys and Grounds") lives, is well-placed for looking after the subjects of each Care of Magical Creatures class (taught by Hagrid starting in Harry's third year).

The Hogwarts student body is Sorted at enrollment (by the Sorting Hat), along lines of aptitude and predilection, into four Houses named after the four Founders (Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin) and nurturing those characteristics each Founder thought most important. Since even the Founders were unable to keep solidarity (Salazar Slytherin left after a legendary dispute with the others), the Houses, each with a professor who doubles as the Head of that House, tend towards friction and rivalry, particularly between Slytherin and Gryffindor.

The rivalries usually confine themselves to Quidditch (each House fields a team of players, vying for the Quidditch Cup) and the House Cup competition (Houses are awarded points for student excellence and penalized points for student misbehavior and indolence, leading to an end-of-year tally and award).

At the start of the Harry Potter series, the House Heads are:

 * Minerva McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor, who teaches Transfiguration and is also Deputy Headmistress. Gryffindor House nurtures courage and commitment to a cause.

 * Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin, who teaches Potions. Slytherin House nurtures self-sufficient cunning, resourcefulness and ambition.

 * Filius Flitwick, Head of Ravenclaw, who teaches Charms. Ravenclaw House nurtures thoughtful scholarship and intellectual brilliance.

 * Pomona Sprout, Head of Hufflepuff, who teaches Herbology and runs the school's greenhouses. Hufflepuff House nurtures hard work, tolerance and loyalty.

Albus Dumbledore holds the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts, in addition to his public duties on the Wizengamot (and his later covert activities with the Order of the Phoenix).

Argus Filch, a Squib, is the castle's Custodian, aided by unknown numbers of House-Elves who clean and cook. There is at least one resident ghost for each House (Gryffindor has Nearly Headless Nick, Hufflepuff has The Fat Friar, Ravenclaw has The Grey Lady, and Slytherin has The Bloody Baron), plus Peeves The Poltergeist, who is allowed residence by Dumbledore to "keep everyone on their toes". Poppy Pomfrey is the Medi-Witch who runs the Hospital Wing, the school Infirmary. Irma Pince runs the school's Library and guards the dangerous books in its Restricted Section.

Castle security is assisted by the House Ghosts, and by the many Wizarding portraits (paintings where the depicted person can speak and move from frame to frame), such as Phineas Nigellus, The Fat Lady, and Sir Cadogan, which password-protect some passages and monitor the rooms and corridors.

J.K. Rowling has said in an interview that Hogwarts is somewhere in Scotland; its position is uncertain, because it is Charmed to be Unplottable – its position, like that of the other magic schools, cannot be placed on a map. Additionally, it is hidden by spells that make it appear to Muggles as an old ruin, complete with Danger signs. The map here shows the most likely locations of the three schools of wizardry in Europe. For Hogwarts specifically, this article makes the following assumptions: Hogwarts is not in the most populated areas of Scotland since in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire it is said that the nearest Muggle town is several miles away (a situation that does not exist around Edinburgh and Glasgow). Also are excluded the Scottish Islands, since one can go to Hogwarts by train from London.

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Academics
The school year at Hogwarts is broken into four terms.
 * Autumn term starts at the first of September with the arrival of the students, and continues to the start of the Christmas holidays, usually in late December.
 * Winter term extends from the end of the Christmas holidays to the beginning of the Easter break, usually in mid to late March or early April.
 * Spring term runs from the end of Easter break to the start of exams, which occur during the first full week (or two weeks) in June.
 * Summer term comprises the time from the last day of exams to the end of classes at the end of June.

Summer term, a short term, is usually seen as a time to laze around and rest from the year; exams are finished, and while there may be one last Quidditch game between the houses, and there are classes still, most peoples' marks are pretty well settled, so things are taken rather lightly.

All subjects are elective after fifth-year OWL exams; you are only allowed to proceed in a subject if your OWL grades are high enough for the teacher of that course. Until and including fifth year, you must take certain core subjects. The subjects available at Hogwarts are given below:

 * Ancient Runes, the study of interpreting runes or magical symbols
 * Teacher: unknown, possibly Bathsheba Babbling

 * Arithmancy, the study of the magical properties of numbers
 * Teacher: (Septima) Vector

 * Astronomy (core subject), the study of the heavenly bodies and the universe
 * Teacher: (Aurora) Sinistra

 * Care of Magical Creatures, the study of different creatures and how to handle them
 * 1st and 2nd year Teacher: Professor Kettleburn
 * 3rd to 6th year Teacher: Rubeus Hagrid, sometimes substituted by Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank

 * Charms (core subject), the study of magic spells that do not change the basic nature of the subject
 * Teacher: Filius Flitwick

 * Defence Against the Dark Arts (core subject)
 * 1st year Teacher: (Quirinius) Quirrell
 * 2nd year Teacher: Gilderoy Lockhart
 * 3rd year Teacher: Remus Lupin
 * 4th year Teacher: Alastor Moody
 * 5th year Teacher: Dolores Umbridge
 * 6th year Teacher: Severus Snape
 * 7th year Teacher: Amycus Carrow

 * Divination, studying ways of predicting the future (including reading tea leaves, palmistry, magic orb reading, dream interpretation)
 * Teachers: Sybill Trelawney (until midway through fifth year, re-instated sixth year), Firenze (from midway through fifth year on)
 * 'the most difficult of all magical arts'
 * 'one of the most imprecise branches of magic'

 * Flying Lessons, teaching the students how to fly using a broomstick, usually taken during the first year
 * Teacher: Rolanda Hooch

 * Herbology (core subject), study the care and magical properties of magical plants and fungi
 * Teacher: Pomona Sprout

 * History of Magic (begins in 1st year)
 * Teacher: (Cuthbert) Binns
 * 'the most boring class, and at the same time the only one taught by a ghost'

 * Muggle Studies, studying the life and lifestyle of Muggles
 * 1st through 6th Year Teacher: Charity Burbage
 * 7th year Teacher: Alecto Carrow

 * Potions (core subject), studying how to prepare potions
 * 1st through 5th year Teacher: Severus Snape
 * 6th and 7th year Teacher: Horace Slughorn
 * usually a shared double class

 * Transfiguration (core subject), practicing metamorphosis of objects into other forms
 * Teacher: Minerva McGonagall

Class sizes and duration
Hogwarts classes are held in different locations within the castle and grounds. Class usually last for one and a half hours, even if they are shared by two Houses. Higher years often have "double" classes, which means they last three hours; Potions classes quite often are double, because potion preparation can take longer than a single class would have time for. There are three class periods, typically, in the morning, and three in the afternoon.

Class size is typically thirty students, according to information in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This gives a total student population of about 840, or 210 in each House.

Grades Classification
Grades classification refer here are only given in the student's essay works, quizzes, assignments, homework and examinations.

 * Passing Grades
 * O - Outstanding
 * E - Exceeds Expectations
 * A - Acceptable

 * Failing Grades
 * P - Poor
 * D - Dreadful
 * T - Troll

Examinations Given
Final examinations are held each year between the end of spring or Easter term and the start of Summer term, and these exams must be passed in order to advance to the next year. In the books, one or two characters (Flint and possibly Goyle) apparently are held back a year. There are also two major examinations for Hogwarts students:

 * O.W.L.s (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) - 'the examinations Hogwarts student took at the age of fifteen' (actually in their fifth year – anyone having a birthday during the school year would be sixteen when they sat these exams) and 'really important, affect the job you can apply for and everything'. These are equivalent to the O-level or GCSE exams in England.
 * N.E.W.T. (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test) - examination taken in the seventh year at Hogwarts, roughly equivalent to the old-style English A-level exams.

Life at Hogwarts
Hogwarts is a very traditional British secondary boarding school, but magical education necessitates many differences. There are few modern facilities, indeed the castle has no electricity. This is largely due to the presence of high levels of magical energy fields that cause electrical and electronic devices to malfunction. Heating is provided by fireplaces and stoves maintained by a large staff of house elves. House elves also prepare three meals a day for students and staff as well as several feasts throughout the year. The food is varied, excellent and plentiful. The castle does have a relatively modern plumbing system including public rest rooms and at least one luxurious magical bath.

Letters and parcels are usually delivered to students during breakfast in the Great Hall by owls who bring them directly to individuals. Both school and privately owned owls reside in a common owlery.

The school has a large library that includes a restricted section for advanced texts requiring faculty permission to read. The resident librarian, Irma Pince, seems to be almost fanatical in her caring for the books.

Studying and homework are usually done in the house common rooms, the library, the Great Hall around mealtimes, or in the grounds in good weather. Like the rest of the Wizarding world, written work is done with quills, liquid ink in bottles, and parchment. Written assignments are often measured in either the number of scrolls or the length, in inches or feet, of parchment. Extracurricular activities include Quidditch and a few clubs (dueling and gobstones are mentioned). In addition, third year and older students may, with parental permission, visit the nearby all-Wizard village of Hogsmeade on selected weekends throughout the school year. Leisure time is often spent in the common rooms socializing and playing magical games. In warm weather, students can be found on the grounds or near the Lake, where we often see them playing with the resident giant squid.

Magic from inexperienced wizards, injuries from Quidditch matches, and pranks around the school make Hogwarts a somewhat dangerous place. Therefore, a hospital wing staffed by a matron/nurse/healer is located within the school. Injuries that would kill or maim Muggle students are treated in-house, and full recovery is usually achieved in just a day or two.

Most students return home during the Christmas and Easter breaks, but there are some who stay at Hogwarts over the holidays. Both Christmas and Hallowe'en are celebrated at Hogwarts with decorations and elaborate feasts. Other holidays observed in the books include St. Valentine’s Day and Easter.

School population
As mentioned above, class size is typically thirty students, according to information in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This gives a total student population of about 840, with 210 (thirty per year, times seven years) or so in each House. Readers may be confused by the fact that at most five boys and five girls of each house in each year are named. At least one fan site has published information apparently received from the author that she had only developed characters for ten students in each year, and had decided that was enough, but that the number of students was intended to be about thirty per house per year. She has also variously given the student population as 600 or 1,000.

Against this, we have the information in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that "twenty broomsticks were laid out in neat lines" for the combined Gryffindor and Slytherin first-years flying lessons. Carrying through the calculations, we would determine the total school population to be 280 at most, 70 in each House.

It is not the place of this book to try and resolve this apparent contradiction. We do note that all descriptions that imply entire houses or the entire school, rather than naming individual students, do seem to fit a population of about 800 students better than they fit a population of 280. We will suggest that we hear more from, and see more of, the students in Harry's dormitory simply because Harry, sharing a dormitory with them, is much more familiar with them. While this is not suggested in the books, it is possible that there are two other dormitories for students in Harry's year, each having five other unnamed students, in both the girls' side and the boys' side of Gryffindor tower.

As a small point of interest, this allows us to calculate the Wizarding population of the United Kingdom, assuming that Hogwarts draws its students from the UK. If the class size is 30, as stated above, Hogwarts, which is believed to be the only Wizarding school in the UK, has space for 120 students per year. Assuming a slightly longer-than-Muggle life span of 85 years for wizards, simple multiplication gives us a population approximation of 10,200 wizards in all of the UK, or roughly 1 wizard for every 6000 Muggles (UK population 58,000,000 in 1997). Extending this admittedly tenuous reasoning, we can extrapolate a world population of 1 million wizards (based on a 2000 world population of 6 billion individuals). Note that this does conflict with the author's statement, given in an interview, that there are about 3,000 wizards in the UK; but the author has further said that her mathematics is a definite weak point. If we accept the author's estimate of 3,000 wizards in the UK, the Hogwarts class size (per house) drops to 10, and the total world Wizarding population drops to 300,000, or one for about every 20,000 Muggles.

We further note that in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the author mentions that the Quidditch World Cup expects an attendance of about 100,000 wizards. This tends to suggest that the higher figure for wizard population, approximately 1,000,000 wizards, is more likely; we find it unrealistic to expect that a solid third of the Wizarding population would be able to take the necessary time off, typically two weeks or longer, to attend even as popular an event as this, but one tenth of the population is a much more reasonable figure.

Other fan sites have noted that there are not enough teachers for the stated school population. Working from the description of the Potions courses, we see that this is generally a double course, two periods and two Houses each class. In the NEWT-level classes, all four Houses are taught together. Thus, the Potions instructor must be teaching two sections in each of five years, plus one section in each of two NEWT-level years, for a total of twelve sections. As these are double classes, we can assume that most other teachers will be teaching twice as many sections, typically about twenty-four. Even those courses that are not core subjects, such as Care of Magical Creatures and Divination, and are not offered for the students' first two years, will involve, typically, sixteen sections. Yet, as we learn at the end of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the most courses that can be taken without the aid of a Time-Turner is ten; if it is impossible for a student to take more than ten courses, then equally it is impossible for a teacher to teach more than ten sections. Thus, there must be a large number of teachers who we never meet. To add to this we have the apparent impossibility of Dolores Umbridge not only teaching her own classes, but also being present to inspect all of Hagrid's and all of Sybill Trelawney's classes, thus effectively tripling her workload. Again, it is not the place of this book to resolve this contradiction. We will point out that adding the apparently-necessary additional teachers would have the effect of significantly diluting the story line.

Questions

 * 1) Hogwarts is Unplottable.  How, then, can the Marauders' Map exist?
 * 2) How does Hogwarts meet its expenses? There is never any mention of school fees, and Harry certainly is never called upon to pay any.
 * 3) How do Muggle-born students manage to cover expenses, if they are not supported by school bursary, as Tom Riddle was? Is there any exchange where Muggle money could be interchanged with Wizard world money?


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Diagnostic Radiology/Musculoskeletal Imaging/Tumors Basic/Osteoid ostemoa

Osteoid osteoma is a benign osteoblastic (bone forming) tumor. It consists of a highly vascularized osteoid core. The growing core induces a peripheral zone of sclerosis and periosteal reaction.

Clinical Presentation
The hallmark is pain which is classically increased at night and often relieved by low doses of salicylates.

Typically occurs in patients age 5–25 years old. Can also occur in the very young and very old.

Male to female ratio is 3:1.

Imaging Findings
Classic plain film/CT description: Centrally located oval or round nidus, < 2 cm in diameter, with a uniform peripheral zone of sclerosis.

Unfortunately, appearance can be highly variable because the nidus can be located in the cortex, intrameduallary space, or periosteum of a bone. Description above is classic for an intracortical lesion. Diagnosis can also be more difficult when there is intraarticular extension or occurs in the spine.

Additional pearls

 * Radiolucent nidus, < 2 cm in diameter.
 * Nidus may contain calcified bone matrix.
 * Nidus surrounded by sclerosis. (Sclerosis sometimes is so extensive that the nidus can't be detected on plain films.)
 * Nidus located in the metaphysis or diaphysis of long bones. (Ephysis is very uncommon.)
 * Periosteal reaction.
 * Monostotic or polyostotic. One or multiple niduses.  Niduses may be clustered.
 * Lesion is located on the concave side of bone in patients with painful scoliosis.
 * Synovitis commonly occurs, especially if there are periarticular or intracapsular lesions.
 * Limb overgrowth in children.

Distribution

 * Intracortical—80%
 * Tibia/femur—55%
 * Hands/feet—20%

Images

Fig. 1 Plain film imaging is the initial study in evaluating patients with suspected osteiod osteoma.

Fig. 2 CT is preferred study for identifying and counting niduses.

Fig. 3 Focus of increased radiotracer uptake on bone scan (very hot).

Nidus shows dense blush on angiography.

Reactive bone marrow edema on MRI.

Differential Diagnosis
The classically described intracortical lesion is almost an Aunt Minnie.

However, since these lesions may occur in the intramedullary space or periosteum as well, the appearance can be highly variable. Sometimes all that can be seen on plain film is extensive sclerosis.

Consider differential diagnoses for bone forming tumors, sclerotic lesions, bone lesions with radiolucent centers, and periosteal reaction. Consider including infection in the differential. Remember that these usually occur in 5-25 year old patients. Ask if the patient has pain. Narrow the list based on specific clinical information and imaging findings.

Often the differential diagnosis includes:

 * Stress Fracture ( Linear, radiolucent center with callus formation.)
 * Abscess
 * Osteoblastoma (This is the main differential when suspect a benign bone forming tumor.)

Osteoblastomas: Rare, can be expansile, either lytic or > 2 cm in diameter—in which case called a giant osteoid osteoma, have variable sclerosis, and frequently located in the posterior elements of spine.

Osteoid osteoma: common, not expanisle, < 2 cm in diameter, always has peripheral sclerosis, and frequently located in femur/tibia.

 * Osteosarcoma
 * Hemangioma
 * Osteoma