mum and dad learned it all ? Harry : Learned what ? Hagrid : You ’ re a wizard Harry .
This conversation frames the first time that Harry has found the truth about his parents . Previously , he did not know that his parents were wizards , which the audience realise when Hagrid asks him if he hadn ’ t wondered how his parents had learned their skills . Harry did not understand what Hagrid meant , revealing his confusion as he says , “ Learned what ?”. The explanation of Harry ’ s past would be a long and complicated story , which is not suitable for explanation within this context , thus Hagrid applies a more effective and concise answer to convey the most important information , although it has no relation to Harry ’ s question and violates the maxim of relation . Shortly after that section , a direct break of the maxim of quantity happens when Hagrid takes Harry to the Leaky Cauldron :
00:21:08 - 00:21:29 Tom ( a bartender ): Ah , Hagrid ! The usual , I presume ? Hagrid : No , thanks , Tom . I ’ m on official Hogwarts business . Just helping young Harry here buy his school supplies . Tom : Bless my soul . It ’ s Harry Potter !
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In the underlined sentences , Hagrid provides more information than the original question requires to be answered , resulting in being over-informative . This shifts the focus of the people in the bar to Harry and creates a new topic of conversation . The function of Hagrid ’ s violation of the maximum of quantity here is not only to bring Harry into the vision of wizardry , indicating the official opening of the magical world but also to arouse Harry ’ s curiosity about his life experience and how this could develop .
In the second main part of Hagrid ’ s performance , all violations are related to the philosopher ’ s stone . After Harry has got to know his friends Ron and Hermione at school , they find Hagrid together and tell him their guesses . A large number of violations occur :
01:27:48 - 01:28:43 HAGRID : Well , of course , he ’ s got a name ! He ’ s mine ! I brought him off an Irish feller I met down at the pub last year . Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the- HARRY : Yes ? HAGRID : I shouldn ’ t have said that . No more questions ! Don ’ t ask any more question ! That ’ s a top secret that is . …… HAGRID : Now , you listen to me , all three of yow , you ’ re