Somethings not right

[kneazle255]

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Lori wrote:
Moral JKR put out: Don't tell. Moral kids are going to get: 
Don't tell. Moral we as adults get from it: Harry has been abused 
throughout the series, what's a little bloody pen. It just doesn't  
fit right. 

Kneazle responds:
I have always been quick to point out instances of abuse in these 
books, particularly with Snape in Book 1.  But I think the situation 
in OoTP is far more complex. 

The students are not acting out of abused child syndrome. On page 273 
of the American edition, Harry tells Ron that he won't go to 
McGonagall because he doesn't know how much power McGonagall has over 
Umbridge. It turns out that he is right to be concerned about that. 
Although I do not recall Harry ever directly telling Hermione about 
the quill, I know she finds out. She doen't report it either. And I 
firmly believe that she would have exposed Umbridge if she had 
thought it was a good idea.

Although Umbridge is abusive, Harry and the rest are making a 
remarkably adult decisions here. They find out quickly that Umbridge 
is gunning for the teachers; are they going to make things worse for 
them? No. They attempt to support the teachers in the face of 
Umbridge's attacks at a high cost to themselves.

And after DD is removed and the teachers are completely shackled, the 
students openly revolt. 

Finally, I think Rowling is conveying an important truth--Doing the 
right thing is really hard sometimes because a lot of people aren't 
going to like you for it.

Or as Dumbledore says, sometimes we all have to choose between what 
is right and what is easy.

The kneazle