[HPforGrownups] Re: Umbridge's Rape (Was: Is Umbridge a Half-Breed???)

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 78466



Hi,

Friday, August 22, 2003, 3:44:17 AM, Sydney wrote:

> RE:  Children's book-- that's a good reason why it wouldn't be on the
> page, necessarily, but there's plenty of horrible stuff going on in
> the series off-stage.  Longbottoms tortured into insanity?  And what
> were the Death Eaters doing to Muggle women, do you think?  I think
> JKR deliberately left it ambiguous, so people could imagine whatever
> they could handle.

Possibly, but with all the other instances mentioned, JKR
makes it very clear (imo) what happened, and that it is
wrong.

There is no question about the Longbottom's being tortured,
or that what the DEs are doing to the Muggle family is
wrong.

It isn't used as a humorous moment, while (again imo) the
hospital scene with Umbridge reads as a lighter moment.

It's possible that JKR will let us know later what exactly
happened to Umbridge while she was with the Centaurs, and
maybe the kids will feel guilty about having laughed at her
reaction in the hospital scene.

For now, I didn't get the feeling there was rape involved,
because of the way JKR wrote the hospital scene.

-- 
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