OOP: Umbridge

[mrs_monkeypen]

No: HPFGUIDX 62401

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joywitch_m_curmudgeon" 
<joym999 at a...> wrote:
>> 
> Umbridge immediately made me think of U.S. Attorney General John 
> Ashcroft, who is not only racist, sexist and anti-gay, but is on 
the 
> warpath against anyone who does not agree with his extremely 
> conservative fundamentalist Christian views.  Many of the decrees 
> from Ashcroft's office are made under the guise of fighting 
> terrorism.  Personally, I find Ashcroft to be at least as much of a 
> threat to my well-being as Saddam Hussain or Osama Bin Laden.
> 
> Umbridge is the same.  She may not be a Death Eater, but she is at 
> least as dangerous as Voldemort, and during the course of OoP, 
> actually did far more damage.
> 
I would agree, and I think one of the messages that JKR was trying to 
get across was that there is danger and evil where you don't expect 
it.  That those who think they have power, even if they really 
*don't*, can be just as harmful as those without.  

On a positive note, we could also see this as the power of believing 
in yourself, which Harry will certainly have to do now more than ever.

kim