Questions about Mrs. Figg

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 88673

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, abbet69 at y... wrote:
> What possible role did Mrs. Figg have in the original Order and 
> why would she be willing to give up 16 years of her life to live 
in 
> a muggle town.  I know she was there to watch Harry, but that's 
still 
> a pretty big sacrifice to make.
> 
> 
> Abbet

I would assume that, as a squib, she would probably not have been 
able to, say, become minister of magic or headmistress at Hogwarts, 
so Mrs. Figg probably would have not played a gigantic role in the 
WW anyway. Perhaps all squibs end up living as Muggles. And as to 
what role she may have played in the Order the first time around, I 
think that she was doing then what she's doing now: acting as a spy 
and guard. I know that there has been speculation both about 
the "Mark Evans" mentioned in OotP, and the owl that flapped past 
the window of 4 Privet Drive in chapter 1 of SS. Perhaps Mrs. Figg 
is an Evans family friend, and a designated guard and alert system 
over them. Just thoughts. 
Meri (who finds it interesting that the only two squibs we know 
about have the same initials: AF!)