This Sorting Hat Theory Totally CHANGES Harry Potter
Summary
TLDRIn this Harry Potter Theory video, the focus is on a secret Sorting Hat strategy that could influence a student's house placement at Hogwarts. The Sorting Hat, a magical artifact, uses legilimency to assess a student's character and potential. It's suggested that the Hat doesn't merely sort students into Gryffindor based on existing bravery but rather on their willingness to choose bravery. The video explores how Harry Potter and Hermione Granger's placements were decided and delves into Neville Longbottom's unique case, suggesting that the Hat values the courage to make a choice, even if it's against the Hat's initial inclination.
Takeaways
- π© The Sorting Hat is a magical artifact at Hogwarts that assigns students to one of the four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin.
- π It was created by Godric Gryffindor, who enchanted it to continue the house legacies after the founders' deaths.
- π§ The Sorting Hat uses legilimency to read students' minds, interpreting their thoughts and capabilities to decide their house.
- π€ The Hat takes varying amounts of time to decide, sometimes barely touching a student's head, other times taking minutes.
- π« According to J.K. Rowling, the Sorting Hat never admits to making a mistake in sorting a student.
- π° Each Hogwarts founder valued different traits, which became the defining attributes of their respective houses.
- π§ββοΈ The Hat considers a student's potential growth and character, not just their current traits, when sorting them into houses.
- π Harry Potter's sorting was a toss-up between Gryffindor and Slytherin, showing the complexity of the Hat's decision-making.
- π€·ββοΈ Hermione Granger was nearly sorted into Ravenclaw, indicating the Hat's consideration of multiple house traits in students.
- π§’ The Hat may place a student in Gryffindor if they demonstrate bravery by choosing it, even if they don't initially exhibit typical Gryffindor traits.
- π Neville Longbottom's sorting into Gryffindor, despite his desire for Hufflepuff, illustrates the Hat's ability to see potential bravery in students.
Q & A
What is the primary function of the Sorting Hat?
-The Sorting Hat's primary function is to assign new students to one of the four Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin.
Who created the Sorting Hat and why?
-Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor house, created the Sorting Hat along with the other founders. They wanted to leave something behind that could carry on their house legacies after their deaths.
What is a 'hat stall'?
-A 'hat stall' refers to instances where the Sorting Hat takes longer than 5 minutes to decide on a student's house.
How does the Sorting Hat make its decisions?
-The Sorting Hat uses legilimency to enter a student's mind, interpret their thoughts, and capabilities, allowing it to deduce which house would be a good fit for them.
What did the Sorting Hat see in Harry's mind when he was sorted?
-The Sorting Hat saw traits associated with both Gryffindor and Slytherin in Harry's mind, but Harry ended up in Gryffindor because he was brave enough to ask not to be placed in Slytherin.
How long did the Sorting Hat consider Hermione's house placement?
-The Sorting Hat spent nearly 4 minutes trying to decide whether to place Hermione in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor.
What is the significance of the Sorting Hat's criteria for Gryffindor?
-The Sorting Hat's criteria for Gryffindor focus on the willingness to choose bravery rather than just existing bravery. It looks for students who aspire to be brave.
Why did Neville end up in Gryffindor despite wanting to be in Hufflepuff?
-Neville ended up in Gryffindor because he showed bravery by resisting the Sorting Hat's decision, which itself demonstrated the courage the Sorting Hat was looking for.
What is a 'near hat stall' and how is Neville related to it?
-A 'near hat stall' is a rare event that occurs every 50 years or so where the Sorting Hat takes an unusually long time to decide a student's house. Neville was a near hat stall because the Hat deliberated on his choice for a long time, indicating he was a strong candidate for both Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
How does the Sorting Hat challenge students by placing them in houses?
-The Sorting Hat challenges students by placing them in houses that will test their character, often detecting potential qualities and placing them in houses that will help them grow and develop those qualities.
What does the Sorting Hat consider when placing a student in Gryffindor?
-The Sorting Hat considers a student's bravery to choose Gryffindor as an option, rather than just their existing traits. It values the aspiration to be brave over just current bravery.
Outlines
π§ββοΈ The Enchanted Sorting Hat's Secret Strategy
This paragraph delves into the magical Sorting Hat at Hogwarts School, which assigns students to one of four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin. The Hat was created by the founders of Hogwarts to carry on their house legacies after their deaths. It uses legilimency, a form of magic that allows it to interpret a student's thoughts and capabilities, to decide which house is the best fit. The Sorting Hat is known for its stubbornness in never admitting a mistake in sorting. The paragraph also discusses the different values each founder instilled in their respective houses and how the Hat considers these values when sorting students.
π The Courage to Choose Your House
This section explores the idea that the Sorting Hat may not simply assign students to Gryffindor but instead looks for those who are brave enough to choose it. It discusses how the Hat considered placing Hermione in Ravenclaw but ultimately sorted her into Gryffindor, as well as Neville's near 'hatstall' where the Hat took an unusually long time to decide his house. The paragraph suggests that the Hat values the willingness to choose bravery over existing bravery, and that it may place students in houses that will challenge them the most, as seen with Neville's sorting into Gryffindor despite his preference for Hufflepuff.
π The Sorting Hat's Deeper Analysis
The final paragraph wraps up the discussion by emphasizing the Sorting Hat's ability to analyze a student's mind on a deeper level, detecting potential qualities rather than just current traits. It suggests that the Hat may place students in houses that will help them grow and test their character, using Neville as an example of how the Hat's choice can be correct even when it seems counterintuitive. The paragraph concludes by inviting viewers to share their thoughts on the theory and to explore more content on the channel.
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Keywords
π‘Sorting Hat
π‘Gryffindor
π‘Legilimency
π‘Hogwarts Founders
π‘Hogwarts Houses
π‘Bravery
π‘Hat Stool
π‘Character Development
π‘J.K. Rowling
π‘Hufflepuff
Highlights
The Sorting Hat is a magical artifact at Hogwarts School that assigns students to one of the four houses.
The Hat was created by Godric Gryffindor to carry on the house legacies after the founders' deaths.
The Sorting Hat uses legilimency to interpret students' thoughts and capabilities upon placement on their head.
Each Hogwarts founder valued different traits, which became the defining attributes of their respective houses.
The Sorting Hat can detect potential qualities in students and place them in houses that will challenge them the most.
The Hat's decision-making process is not questioned, despite its significant impact on students' Hogwarts experience.
J.K. Rowling revealed that the Sorting Hat is notorious for refusing to admit it has made a mistake in sorting.
The Sorting Hat seriously considered placing Hermione in Ravenclaw, showing it takes time to make decisions.
Some students like Ron and Neville expressed concerns about living up to their house's expectations.
Neville Longbottom's sorting was a near hat stall, indicating he was a 50-50 candidate for Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
The Sorting Hat places students in Gryffindor if they are brave enough to choose it, focusing on the willingness to be brave.
Harry Potter's sorting into Gryffindor was influenced by his bravery in asking the Hat to not place him in Slytherin.
Neville's case suggests that the Sorting Hat values bravery in standing up to authority, even when it goes against one's initial choice.
The Sorting Hat's ability to analyze the mind is deeper than simple mind reading, allowing it to make complex decisions.
Neville's eventual bravery and his role as a professor of Herbology show the Sorting Hat's ability to see potential.
The Sorting Hat's strategy can be influenced by a student's choice, demonstrating the interaction between the Hat and the student.
Transcripts
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hey everyone welcome to another
installment of Harry Potter Theory today
we're going to be discussing a secret
Sorting Hat strategy that if employed
correctly allows any student to be
sorted into Gryffindor let's dive into
it the Sorting Hat a magical artifact at
Hogwart School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry has the essential task of
assigning new students to one of the
four houses Gryffindor Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw or cin the Hat was created
when godrick Gryffindor founder of
Gryffindor pulled his completely regular
hat off of his head and made the
suggestion to the other Founders that
using their Collective magic they
enchant the hat and turn it into a
sentient being the purpose of this was
simple they wanted to leave something
behind that could carry on their house
legacies long after their deaths with so
much emphasis on how the Sorting
selection impacts the young witches and
wizards it could be quite easy to take
for granted how the Sorting Hat makes
these decisions that is it's not
surprising that we never hear Harry or
others question what the Hat's process
is for selecting each pupil's house
which serves as their home for the
remainder of their time at Hogwarts
after all it would be easy enough to
believe that this process simply just
happens the hat is placed at top each
new student's head and it just knows
where to sort each of them sometimes the
Hat announces a pupil's destined house
without barely touching the hair on
their ahead other times minutes go by
before it shares where a student should
be placed there's even a name for the
instances where it takes the salting hat
longer than 5 minutes to decide on a
student's house hat stall but regardless
of how long it takes a Sorting Hat to
come up with an answer it does indeed
provide one and no one ever thinks twice
about the outcome but in any case
whatever the Hat says goes and according
to JK Rawling the Sorting Hat is
notorious for refusing to admit it has
made a mistake in sorting of a student
so if I had decided to place Harry in
souin instead of Gryffindor young Mr
Potter would have indeed spent his time
at Hogwarts in siin house regardless of
how he or others felt about it which
brings us right back around to the very
question of how the Sorting Hat makes
its decisions so long as the founders
were still alive they could easily
select students for their houses
themselves however upon realizing that
they wouldn't be around forever they
decided to leave something behind that
was capable of sorting student students
in their place thus the Sorting Hat was
born the first important factor here to
mention is that each of the Hogwarts
Founders valued very different things
imbuing their own characteristics into
their respective houses these
characteristics would become the
defining attributes of each house these
attributes can be summed up in the
Sorting Hat's own words by Gryffindor
the bravest were prized far beyond the
rest for Ravenclaw the cleverest would
always be the best for Hufflepuff hard
workers were most worthy of Mission and
power hungry Slytherin loved those of
great ambition in essence godric
Gryffindor valued bravery Helga
Hufflepuff prized loyalty Rowena
Ravenclaw sought wisdom and Salazar
sutherin prized cunning and ambition
however it is certainly worth noting
that these are not the only traits
attributed with each house just some of
the more noteworthy ones to perform its
task the Hat uses legilimency for those
of you who may not know legilimency is
the practice of using magic to enter
one's mind interpreting their thoughts
and capabilities this branch of magic
it's much more than simple mind reading
as a legitiment is able to peer into
another's head bring forth memories and
assess the content of a mind as soon as
the hat is placed on your head there's
nothing it won't know about you we see
this clearly demonstrated when the
Sorting Hat is placed upon Harry's head
when he first arrives at Hogwarts in the
philosopher stone saying to Harry you
could be great you know it's all here in
your head and sutherin will help you on
the way to Greatness no doubt about that
no well if you're sure better be
Gryffindor in this instance the hat is
able to look around inside of Harry's
mind using what it finds to deduce which
houses would be a good fit for him
sutherin or Gryffindor the idea here is
that if the Hat knows what kind of a
person a wit or wizard will likely grow
up to be then it can swiftly and
correctly identify their the defining
qualities and place them in the most
suitable house by but I think there are
some inconsistencies with how the
Sorting Hat actually works Harry sorting
seemed like a total tossup the Hat sense
traits associated with both Gryffindor
and sutherin and it even looked like the
Hat preferred sutherin for Harry yet
Harry ended up in griffindor h difficult
very difficult plenty of Courage I see
not a ban mind either there's Talent oh
my goodness yes and a nice thirst to
prove yourself now that's interesting so
where shall I put you not lein not
sutherin not slin eh are you sure you
could be great you know it's all here in
your head and sutherin will help you on
the way to Greatness no doubt about that
no well if you're sure better be
Gryffindor and something similar
happened to hmane on visiting world.com
JK Rowling revealed that the Sorting Hat
spent nearly 4 minutes trying to decide
whether it should place herione in
Ravenclaw or Gryffindor however she did
end up getting into Gryffindor like she
had wanted well the Sorting Hat did
seriously consider putting me in
Ravenclaw during my sorting said hmane
brightly but it decided on Gryffindor in
the end Ron and Neville expressed
concerns about being sorted into
Gryffindor and not living up to The
house's expectations Parry only confided
in Dumbledore as an adult while hmane
shared her choice with a small group of
friends during her fifth year it is
highly likely that many others made
their decision but kept it a secret when
the Gryffindor students first arrived
they didn't immediately exhibit the
typical traits associated with the house
Neville appeared fearful jinny seemed
shy and submissive and none of them
displayed initial bravery as prominently
as students from other houses such as
the clear arrogance and cunning of
Malfoy or the evident cleverness of Luna
interestingly numerous Gryffindor seemed
better suited for other houses herione
mcgonagal and Dumbledore possessed
exceptional intelligence Percy displayed
great ambition and Neville and Ron were
both loyal and hardworking so here's
what I think the Sorting Hat will play
you in Gryffindor if you're brave enough
to choose Gryffindor as an option
godrick Gryffindor intentionally
designed the Sorting Hat to never simply
select Gryffindor and unlike other
houses we rarely witness the Hat
instantly assigning students to
Gryffindor the Hat's criteria do not
solely focus on existing bravery but
rather on the willingness to choose
bravery those who aspire to be brave can
embody courage and upon receiving
validation from the Hat they begin to
embrace that quality in essence by
demonstrating The Bravery to make that
choice you allow yourself to be chosen
by the hat for Gryffindor when Harry
tried on the hat it mentioned all of the
houses as options placing an emphasis on
sutherin in particular Harry ended up
getting into Gryffindor because he was
brave enough to ask he may not have
specifically said Gryffindor but he did
rule out sutherin and didn't want either
other house now onto the one possible
exception Neville if the Hat places you
into Gryffindor because you were Brave
enough to choose Gryffindor why would
Neville who wanted to be placed in
Hufflepuff end up in Gryffindor in
Neville's case the Hat was determined to
place him in Gryffindor Neville
intimidated by that House's reputation
for bravery requested a place in
Hufflepuff their silent wrangling
resulted in Triumph for the Hat here's
my take on this Neville was a near hat
stool and hat stools are only said to
occur every 50 years or so because of
this it becomes pretty clear that
Neville is a bit of an exception to the
Rule and given how long the Sorting Hat
deliberated on its choice for Neville
it's likely that Neville genuinely did
exhibit traits associated with both
houses in fact Neville may have
genuinely been a 50-50 candidate for
both Gryffindor and Hufflepuff this
visiting World quote reinforces this
Neville was any similar boat although he
was picked for Gryffindor Neville often
displayed traits of a Hufflepuff
especially with his endless kindness he
even asked the Sorting Hat to consider
him for the house result in in another
near hat stall in his final year after
being known as Meek and forgetful for
most of his time at Hogwarts the Sorting
Hat proved it had been right in sorting
Neville into Gryffindor after all he
destroyed Nini the snake with the Sword
of Gryffindor itself at the Battle of
Hogwarts possibly the most Gryffindor
thing someone could do but a little bit
of Hufflepuff tradition always seemed
alive in Neville especially as he went
on to become the professor of hology
succeeding Professor Sprout the former
head of Hufflepuff
he also married a Hufflepuff Hannah
Abbott so although Neville was one of
the bravest characters in the series we
could always see a little glimmer of
yellow residing inside him so here's
what I think happened Neville showed
bravery by resisting an authority figure
like the Sorting Hat even though he was
wearing an ancient artifact capable of
infiltrating the layers of his mind he
stayed true to what he believed in that
he was not up to satisfying gryffindor's
requirements for bravery but what neille
didn't realize here is that this action
in and of itself showed bravery further
convincing the Sorting Hat that
Gryffindor was the appropriate Choice it
wanted to consider Neville's choice but
ultimately the Sorting Hat knew best at
the end of the day we have to remember
that the Sorting Hat is an incredibly
powerful artifact capable of analyzing
the mind on a deeper level than we could
possibly imagine it's also important to
note the Hat has a tendency to play
students in houses based on the
qualities they value and not necessarily
the qualities they actively personify it
can detect nent qualities in a student
and will generally place them in the
house that will challenge them the most
putting their character to the test
Neville is possibly the best example of
this and that concludes today's topic
what do you think of this Theory can you
will your way into Gryffindor by being
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