Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Amos Diggory
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| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Character | |
| Amos Diggory | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Unknown |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Related Family | Cedric Diggory |
| Loyalty | |
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[edit] Overview
Amos Diggory is the father of Cedric Diggory. He is the head of the Department of Magical Transportation, in the Ministry of Magic, and he works with Arthur Weasley.
[edit] Role in the Books
[edit] Goblet of Fire
We first see Amos Diggory on the way to the Quidditch World Cup when he meets with Harry, Hermione, and the Weasley family: Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, and their father. Both families will be travelling by the same Portkey, so they are looking for it. Amos seems to be making a big thing of how his son Cedric had beaten "the famous Harry Potter" at Quidditch, while Cedric seems to be trying to down-play the size of that victory. At their destination, the Diggory family ends up in a different campsite, so we do not see them again this trip.
Amos next appears, or at least his head does, in the Weasley's fireplace, where he is informing Arthur that Mad-Eye is getting into trouble. Once he has given Arthur what information he has, he accepts a slice of toast from Mrs. Weasley and departs.
We do not see Amos again until immediately before the Third Task. The parents of the Champions are invited to witness the last task, and Amos is present; he makes some cutting remarks about Harry's participating in the Tournament, but Cedric, being fair, tries to quiet him.
Finally, Amos and his wife visit Harry in the Hospital Wing after the third task has completed, and thank Harry for returning Cedric's body to them. When Harry tries to give them the prize money which Cedric would have won had he lived, they say they cannot accept it. Despite Harry's protests, they leave him with the entire thousand-galleon prize.
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[edit] Analysis
Amos Diggory seems to be almost a stereotype – the man who is reliving his youth through his child. Amos is inordinately proud of the fact that Cedric beat Harry in a Quidditch match, and of Cedric's showing in the Triwizard Tournament; he seems to find these victories of Cedric's more worthy of mention than Cedric does himself. Cedric actually seems embarrassed by his father's effusive pride when they meet Harry and the Weasley family, in the opening chapters of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
