Figgy

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 109640

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:
> mhbobbin
> "And on this subject, why can't Mrs. Figg see dementors?  She's 
not 
> all that convincing in the Ministry hearing. And Squibs ARE 
supposed 
> to be able to see dementors."
> 
> 
> DuffyPoo:
> "Incidentally, can Squibs see Dementors?" [Fudge] added.
> "Yes, we can!" said Mrs Fgg indignantly.  - can't really blame her 
for being indignant, Fudge is, after all, the M for M and he doesn't 
know if Squibs can see Dementors?
> 
> With regard to her being unconvincing in her description, perhaps 
it is down to being nervous in front of a gang of witches and 
wizards who don't give a 'fig' about Squibs.  Whether she described 
the appearance of Dementors well, as Madam Bones said, "She 
certainly described the effects of a Dementor attack very 
accurately."  
> 
> And while Mrs. Figg describes the Dementors as 'running' when 
actually they 'glide' we can all remember that they 'flew' in 
the .....oops, sorry, not supposed to mention the 'm' word!  ;-)
> 
>mhbobbin wonders some more:

I'm not convinced that Figgy did see the Dementors. Running, Flying 
or Gliding. Figg says she is a Squib. we can't know yet that she 
truly is although she seems truly frightened that the Dementors come 
back before she gets Harry and Dudley home.

Harry himself doesn't seem to think she saw them (Scholastic Page 
144). He seems to think that she may have seen a picture of one some 
time. Big guys wearing cloaks. Madame Bones' defense of Figgy's 
uncertain testimony is that the effects were described accurately--
something us muggles can do.

Maybe Figg is what she presents herself as, maybe she was just late 
so didn't see the Dementors, and maybe she had never seen a Dementor 
before. If only she wasn't so mysterious herself.

The Fig Flower signifies secrets-(per David Colbert's Harry Potter 
book.) BUt I don't think her only secret was hiding out as a muggle 
in little Whinging.

Does anyone have any theories on the connection between Figgy and 
Perkins (the tent, the smell of cabbage). And with that, why 
Professor Binns calls Harry "Perkins" in the classroom scene where 
Harry finds Hedwig injured at the window.  I've searched in the 
archives but haven't found any posts yet.

mhbobbin