[HPforGrownups] Mrs Norris: A Character Study

[Kent Berry]

No: HPFGUIDX 1051


> Mrs Norris:
> We are introduced to Mrs Norris in Book 1; she is, we believe,
> Filch's cat, and
> she helps him in catching mischief-makers in and around the castle.
> She is probably able to "notice" Harry when he's under the
> invisibility cloak.
> She appears on the Marauder's Map, listed as "Mrs Norris".
>
> Topics for discussion:
> 1. Is she really a cat? We've met so many other unregistered
> Animagi - how do we
> know she isn't one as well?

I don't think she's an Animagus.  Wormtail is the only Animagus that stays
transformed, and he did that for obvious reasons.  Why would one choose to
be a human in a cat's body?

On another note, does the consensus hold that Mrs. Norris is named for Jane
Austen's Mrs. Norris from Mansfield Park?

Julie B.