Chapter Discussions: Chapter 3, the Advance Guard

[o_caipora]

No: HPFGUIDX 76339

"Ali"  asked:
>(Q 6) Are the likes of Elphias Doge and Emmeline Vance the 
> equivalent of the "Red shirts" in Star Trek, crew members 
> introduced to be killed off?

 "kiricat2001" answered:

> And Broderick Bode, who was mentioned in GoF...

Rowling speaks Portuguese, in which "bode" is "goat". In 
Brazil "scapegoat" is "bode expiatório" (don't know about Portugual, 
which is JKR's variety). Bode is certainly sacrificed in the name of 
plot. 

So that name fits, and is yet another goat to add to Abelforth's, and 
the strange smell of the Hog's Head.

Does Rowling have a thing for goats?

 - Caipora