Coming of age in the WW

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 86950

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gulplum" <hp at p...> wrote:

Gulplum:
> I find it interesting that their "Accio brooms" worked - I would 
> assume that pupils' property confiscated by Hogwarts staff would 
> somehow be impervious to magical methods of getting it back 
> (otherwise there'd be no point in confiscating it). 

Geoff:
This reminds me of something that has really annoyed me whenever I 
read it.

Umbridge told Harry and Co that they were banned from playing 
Quidditch ever again. That, of course, could only apply to Hogwarts. 
Presumably what she meant was ever again at the school.

But my main irritation is the woman's arrogance in confiscating the 
brooms. Harry's broom is a valuable possession and is his own 
personal property; she has no right to remove it. Perhaps if he had 
felt more secure, he might have remonstrated with her. Whenever I 
read that section, I find myself echoing Hermione's words - "You hag, 
you evil hag", "That foul, lying, twisting old gargoyle", (words she 
used to describe the "truly delightful woman" after her inspection of 
Hagrid if you've lost the quote).

Geoff