Comparison: Snape vs. Umbridge (depressing)

[terryljames76]

No: HPFGUIDX 70606

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "T.M. Sommers" <tms2 at m...> 
wrote:
> terryljames76 wrote:

> > It's significant that Neville's boggart is the only one that is a 
> > real person.  Not a monster, not a Dark creature, not a 
nightmare, 
> > not even a scary image of the Death Eaters that tortured his 
parents--
> > a real person is the absolute worst thing Neville can imagine, 
and 
> > the thing he most fears.
>

Now T.M.:
> During the finals, Hermione's boggart was McGonagall.  Molly's 
> boggart was a whole bunch of people.

Now me:

I meant during the first lesson they had with the boggart, but you 
bring up a good point.  However, Hermione's boggart was not 
McGonagall strictly speaking: it was her head of House telling her 
that she had failed everything--Hermione's fear was of failure.  
Molly's boggart was the people she loved, dead.  Death of loved ones 
is Molly's fear.

Neville's boggart was Snape, period.  He didn't have to bring bad 
news or represent anything else; Neville was terrified because of 
Snape's presence--"because he existed."

Terry LJ