[HPforGrownups] Re: What if book 5 is not about Harry?

[Andrew MacIan]

No: HPFGUIDX 33352

Greetings from Andrew!

Furthering the questions...
--- rycar007 <Ryjedi at aol.com> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Andrew MacIan
> <andrew_macian at y...> wrote:
> <As Fudge's character has been drawn, I see him as
> being a 
> superficial, supercilious career apparatchik, one
> who has determined 
> in his own mind what's what.>
> 
> In otherwards, a politician. 

Well...yes and no.  Given that Fudge carries the title
of "minister", I wonder if that's an elected position,
or, more typically of what I know of the UK political
structure, an appointed one.

If elected, you're perfectly correct.  However, if
this is true, then who is the electorate, and what's
the mechanism for election and recall?

If appointed, then the characterization of career
"civil" "servant" applies a bit more, I'd say.

> Fudge is a perfect
> characterization of 
> the failings of most politicians, he's
> self-motivated, inept, and 
> refuses to alter his way of life for the general
> good. 

Well...yes and no {grin}.  In my own experience, most
pols will adapt to the expressed will of the
electorate, as what's important to said pol is
continued re-election.  So far as the population at
large is concerned, this means that some things are
done as the population wishes, or the pol will not be
returned.

On the other hand, Fudge shows a fine disdain for what
others might think, save in the matter of the
dememtors (or that's what comes immediately to mind
here).  This is the attitude that I have experienced
with career aparatchiki; most local pols are only too
willing to appear to listen to people.

> JKR has done a 
> great job so far as a part-time satirist, and Fudge
> is one of her 
> greatest creations. Making him a DE, just like
> making Petunia a 
> squib, really detracts from the point of the
> character IMHO.
> 

Concur.  I guess what I'm thinking about is the
electoral process-- if any-- in the mage-world.

Who does Fudge represent other than Fudge?

Cheers,

Drieux


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