[HPforGrownups] OOP: dada instructor

[fridwulfa]

No: HPFGUIDX 61518

TBC wrote:


> Hi.
> I haven't posted before, found the list between books. But I just
> finished OOP and have been waiting to talk.
>
> This isn't really specific and spoilery, just a little.
>
> I enjoyed it a lot, and am working on the second read.
>
> I thought the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was
> interesting, even in how she was named. Umbridge sounds like
> 'umbrage,' which I felt ws intentional since she took offense at small
> comments and had really extreme reactions. And also that she had a
> very strict idea of 'proper' behavior. I looked the word up, too, and
> see that 'umbrage' can also mean shade (the same root is used for
> umbrella) and I think that fits too. Through the book, she casts an
> increasingly dark shadow over the school and its operations.
>
> I am at a loss about why the rest of the faculty didn't appear to be
> trying to thwart her more, and why parents weren't more involved. And
> I wish somebody had been assigned to evaluate her study hall style of
> teaching.
>
> I'm still digesting the rest, but I wanted to share that observation.
> Ms. Rowling seems to have such fun with names!
>

Me: (Izaskun)
Another funny thing about JK choosing names, dolores is the Spanish word for
pains. It's a name, as well, Dolores, comes from la virgen de los dolores,
the holy virgin of pains would be the translation, it's a very common name
here in Spain. So we have a chapter entitled "Detention with Dolores" that
means as well, "Detention with Pains". HEHEHE. So witty.

Cheers, Izaskun