Umbridge

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 74241

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sydney Parker 
<smoothskier at y...> wrote:
> She is one on my most favorite characters in the book.
>  Beautifully written and a character you LOVE to hate.
>  However, she makes is quite known that she is a
> supporter of Fudge and his ways, so unless Fudge
> follows Voldemort, I don't possibly see how Umbridge
> can be seen as a supporter of Voldemort and not the
> ministry.  The things she does to Harry in book is to
> undermine him and pull support for the MOm.
> 
> 

Me:

She may be beautifully written and she may do things to Harry to 
undermine him but the fact she is a sadistic and vicious woman who 
should never have reached the position she is in; it is presumbaly 
only because Fudge is a weak character that she has. To actually set 
Dementors on Harry knowing the likely outcome and to attempt to use 
an unforgiveable curse - anticipating that it would not come to 
light - is a sign of someone totally and utterly depraved.

This is why I hate her more than anyone else I have met in the books. 
I thought I was doing well with the Malfoys but I just hope that a 
nice sticky end is in sight for the good lady.

There are obviously parallels in the real world, typically in the 
Nazi regime and other modern dictatorships where the bully gets away 
with things being surrounded by cronies.

Geoff