What favor did Moody owe Dumbledore?
In the Goblet of Fire, "Moody" mentioned that he would only be teaching for a year and only because he owed Dumbledore a favor. What was this favor and what made it so important that it made Moody agree to give up a year of his life to teach DADA?
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In the Goblet of Fire, "Moody" mentioned that he would only be teaching for a year and only because he owed Dumbledore a favor. What was this favor and what made it so important that it made Moody agree to give up a year of his life to teach DADA?
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In the Goblet of Fire, "Moody" mentioned that he would only be teaching for a year and only because he owed Dumbledore a favor. What was this favor and what made it so important that it made Moody agree to give up a year of his life to teach DADA?
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In the Goblet of Fire, "Moody" mentioned that he would only be teaching for a year and only because he owed Dumbledore a favor. What was this favor and what made it so important that it made Moody agree to give up a year of his life to teach DADA?
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I don't think there is necessarily an indication that Moody owed Dumbledore a favor. Here is the relevant quote from Chapter Fourteen:
"You'll be Arthur Weasley's son, eh?" Moody said. "Your father got me out of a very tight corner a few days ago.... Yeah, I'm staying just the one year. Special favor to Dumbledore.... One year, and then back to my quiet retirement."
All this says is that Moody agreed to teach for one year as a favor to Dumbledore. It doesn't say that he owed a favor to Dumbledore. People do favors for others all the time, especially when they like and respect the person. Moody might simply have agreed to it because Dumbledore asked him.
answered 19 hours ago
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@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
1
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
2
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
9
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
5
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
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I have a translation of the 4th book by A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha, a highly respected publishing house in Ukraine.
— То це ти син Артура Візлі? — спитав Муді. — Твій батько пару днів тому витяг мене з великої халепи… Так, я пробуду тут тільки рік. І то лише заради Дамблдора... один рік, а потім знову на пенсію.
Ukrainian
"Special favor to Dumbledore...." was translated into "І то лише заради Дамблдорa..." which in Ukrainian unambiguously means "only for Dumbledore's sake".
Though, it really doesn't matter. Don't forget that it was said by Bartemius Crouch Junior who was disguised as Moody. I don't know the real reason* why Moody was invited to Hogwarts as a teacher** and I am afraid the author didn't mention it anywhere.
Nevertheless, "Special favor to Dumbledore...." is a clever reply. It lulls the pupils into thinking that Dumbledore and Moody are good old friends, and consequently raises fewer questions about Moody's past and why he is a teacher.
*The real reason why Dumbledore invited Moody to the school is the Triwizard Tournament.
**The position is vacant. I guess having an auror as a teacher is less suspicious than hiring an auror for security purposes.
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I don't think there is necessarily an indication that Moody owed Dumbledore a favor. Here is the relevant quote from Chapter Fourteen:
"You'll be Arthur Weasley's son, eh?" Moody said. "Your father got me out of a very tight corner a few days ago.... Yeah, I'm staying just the one year. Special favor to Dumbledore.... One year, and then back to my quiet retirement."
All this says is that Moody agreed to teach for one year as a favor to Dumbledore. It doesn't say that he owed a favor to Dumbledore. People do favors for others all the time, especially when they like and respect the person. Moody might simply have agreed to it because Dumbledore asked him.
answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
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@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
1
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
2
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
9
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
5
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
|
show 6 more comments
I don't think there is necessarily an indication that Moody owed Dumbledore a favor. Here is the relevant quote from Chapter Fourteen:
"You'll be Arthur Weasley's son, eh?" Moody said. "Your father got me out of a very tight corner a few days ago.... Yeah, I'm staying just the one year. Special favor to Dumbledore.... One year, and then back to my quiet retirement."
All this says is that Moody agreed to teach for one year as a favor to Dumbledore. It doesn't say that he owed a favor to Dumbledore. People do favors for others all the time, especially when they like and respect the person. Moody might simply have agreed to it because Dumbledore asked him.
answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
18.3k35592
4
@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
1
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
2
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
9
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
5
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
|
show 6 more comments
I don't think there is necessarily an indication that Moody owed Dumbledore a favor. Here is the relevant quote from Chapter Fourteen:
"You'll be Arthur Weasley's son, eh?" Moody said. "Your father got me out of a very tight corner a few days ago.... Yeah, I'm staying just the one year. Special favor to Dumbledore.... One year, and then back to my quiet retirement."
All this says is that Moody agreed to teach for one year as a favor to Dumbledore. It doesn't say that he owed a favor to Dumbledore. People do favors for others all the time, especially when they like and respect the person. Moody might simply have agreed to it because Dumbledore asked him.
answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
18.3k35592
I don't think there is necessarily an indication that Moody owed Dumbledore a favor. Here is the relevant quote from Chapter Fourteen:
"You'll be Arthur Weasley's son, eh?" Moody said. "Your father got me out of a very tight corner a few days ago.... Yeah, I'm staying just the one year. Special favor to Dumbledore.... One year, and then back to my quiet retirement."
All this says is that Moody agreed to teach for one year as a favor to Dumbledore. It doesn't say that he owed a favor to Dumbledore. People do favors for others all the time, especially when they like and respect the person. Moody might simply have agreed to it because Dumbledore asked him.
answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
18.3k35592
answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
18.3k35592
answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
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answered 19 hours ago
AlexAlex
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@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
1
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
2
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
9
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
5
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
|
show 6 more comments
4
@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
1
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
2
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
9
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
5
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
4
4
@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
@InventPalooza It’s not a random act of kindness. I don’t think he would do it for many other people. But Dumbledore is his friend, they have worked together against Voldemort and the Death Eaters for many years, and he presumably highly respects him.
– Alex
19 hours ago
1
1
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
@InventPalooza So which aspect of my answer are you disagreeing with?
– Alex
19 hours ago
2
2
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
To show that Barty Crouch Jr knew the actual reason, you could add this quote from the end of the book from Crouch: "I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse. I wanted to be able to question him. To find out about his past, learn his habits, so that I could fool even Dumbledore."
– Julien Lopez
11 hours ago
9
9
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
@InventPalooza People don't always do a favour in return for a previous favour. Sometimes they do a favour in order to call back a return favour at a later date.
– Nicola Talbot
8 hours ago
5
5
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
@InventPalooza - ""Special favor" implies that Moody owed Dumbledore something." No, it doesn't. Not in colloquial English (American or British). All it means is he's doing a favor for Dumbledore. The "special" modifier just means it's not a favor he'd do for just anyone, but it doesn't mean he owes Dumbledore. Just that he respects him, likes him, or whatever, and is willing to do him a favor he may not be willing to do for someone else.
– T.J. Crowder
3 hours ago
|
show 6 more comments
I have a translation of the 4th book by A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha, a highly respected publishing house in Ukraine.
— То це ти син Артура Візлі? — спитав Муді. — Твій батько пару днів тому витяг мене з великої халепи… Так, я пробуду тут тільки рік. І то лише заради Дамблдора... один рік, а потім знову на пенсію.
Ukrainian
"Special favor to Dumbledore...." was translated into "І то лише заради Дамблдорa..." which in Ukrainian unambiguously means "only for Dumbledore's sake".
Though, it really doesn't matter. Don't forget that it was said by Bartemius Crouch Junior who was disguised as Moody. I don't know the real reason* why Moody was invited to Hogwarts as a teacher** and I am afraid the author didn't mention it anywhere.
Nevertheless, "Special favor to Dumbledore...." is a clever reply. It lulls the pupils into thinking that Dumbledore and Moody are good old friends, and consequently raises fewer questions about Moody's past and why he is a teacher.
*The real reason why Dumbledore invited Moody to the school is the Triwizard Tournament.
**The position is vacant. I guess having an auror as a teacher is less suspicious than hiring an auror for security purposes.
answered 8 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1694
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I have a translation of the 4th book by A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha, a highly respected publishing house in Ukraine.
— То це ти син Артура Візлі? — спитав Муді. — Твій батько пару днів тому витяг мене з великої халепи… Так, я пробуду тут тільки рік. І то лише заради Дамблдора... один рік, а потім знову на пенсію.
Ukrainian
"Special favor to Dumbledore...." was translated into "І то лише заради Дамблдорa..." which in Ukrainian unambiguously means "only for Dumbledore's sake".
Though, it really doesn't matter. Don't forget that it was said by Bartemius Crouch Junior who was disguised as Moody. I don't know the real reason* why Moody was invited to Hogwarts as a teacher** and I am afraid the author didn't mention it anywhere.
Nevertheless, "Special favor to Dumbledore...." is a clever reply. It lulls the pupils into thinking that Dumbledore and Moody are good old friends, and consequently raises fewer questions about Moody's past and why he is a teacher.
*The real reason why Dumbledore invited Moody to the school is the Triwizard Tournament.
**The position is vacant. I guess having an auror as a teacher is less suspicious than hiring an auror for security purposes.
answered 8 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1694
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I have a translation of the 4th book by A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha, a highly respected publishing house in Ukraine.
— То це ти син Артура Візлі? — спитав Муді. — Твій батько пару днів тому витяг мене з великої халепи… Так, я пробуду тут тільки рік. І то лише заради Дамблдора... один рік, а потім знову на пенсію.
Ukrainian
"Special favor to Dumbledore...." was translated into "І то лише заради Дамблдорa..." which in Ukrainian unambiguously means "only for Dumbledore's sake".
Though, it really doesn't matter. Don't forget that it was said by Bartemius Crouch Junior who was disguised as Moody. I don't know the real reason* why Moody was invited to Hogwarts as a teacher** and I am afraid the author didn't mention it anywhere.
Nevertheless, "Special favor to Dumbledore...." is a clever reply. It lulls the pupils into thinking that Dumbledore and Moody are good old friends, and consequently raises fewer questions about Moody's past and why he is a teacher.
*The real reason why Dumbledore invited Moody to the school is the Triwizard Tournament.
**The position is vacant. I guess having an auror as a teacher is less suspicious than hiring an auror for security purposes.
answered 8 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1694
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Andrew Tobilko is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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I have a translation of the 4th book by A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha, a highly respected publishing house in Ukraine.
— То це ти син Артура Візлі? — спитав Муді. — Твій батько пару днів тому витяг мене з великої халепи… Так, я пробуду тут тільки рік. І то лише заради Дамблдора... один рік, а потім знову на пенсію.
Ukrainian
"Special favor to Dumbledore...." was translated into "І то лише заради Дамблдорa..." which in Ukrainian unambiguously means "only for Dumbledore's sake".
Though, it really doesn't matter. Don't forget that it was said by Bartemius Crouch Junior who was disguised as Moody. I don't know the real reason* why Moody was invited to Hogwarts as a teacher** and I am afraid the author didn't mention it anywhere.
Nevertheless, "Special favor to Dumbledore...." is a clever reply. It lulls the pupils into thinking that Dumbledore and Moody are good old friends, and consequently raises fewer questions about Moody's past and why he is a teacher.
*The real reason why Dumbledore invited Moody to the school is the Triwizard Tournament.
**The position is vacant. I guess having an auror as a teacher is less suspicious than hiring an auror for security purposes.
answered 8 hours ago
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