Harry's potions O.W.L - Outstanding-NOT.

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104914

> Potioncat:
> Another possibility, which I recall from an earlier discussion along 
> this line, is that JKR may be making her own comment about education 
> policies in general.  We'll have to see how the OWLs pan out to see 
> if she is making some sort of statement.

Carol:
If JKR were American, I'd be almost certain that she was using
Umbridge to protest government (or National Education Association)
interference in education. I don't know if anything of the sort is
going on in Britain, but the title High Inquisitor suggests to me that
she's cleaning out the "infidels"--those who don't follow government
policy. I'm reminded of Joan of Arc--ironic that the medieval
inquisitions burned witches but this one is conducted by a witch. (The
pink cardigan and the hairbow suggest that she's Muggleborn--maybe
she's the antithesis of Hermione, the good and talented Muggleborn?)

Carol