Pansy/ Re: House characteristics

dumbledore11214 dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 7 01:54:16 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 150637

> zgirnius:
> You must have missed the quotes from OotP, when Umbridge was 
> observing Hagrid's class. In it Pansy does not display 
any 'pureblood 
> supremacist' views, but she certainly plays right along with 
> Umbridge's bigotry against the sentient non-human magical creatures. 
> (Which in my opinion is an equally objectionable form of bigotry, I 
> see no evidence that Olympe Maxime or Hagrid are of sub-normal 
> intelligence or unusually prone to violence). It is at this point 
> public knowledge that Hagrid is half-giant. And Pansy tells Umbridge 
> that she can't understand Hagrid's explanations in class because 
> he 'grunts'. I'd say this is displaying a form of bigotry.
> Or exploiting it, at any rate, which I find equally objectionable.
>

Alla:

Of course I did not miss the quote, but maybe I did dismiss it a bit 
too fast by counting it among the examples of "Pansy just insults 
whoever Draco insults'. I mean, sure it IS objectionable, no question 
about it.

But again, my main thing as to JKR's preferences just won't go 
away :). Like if you would ask me to make such comparison Hermione v 
any other less "sympathetic" ( if this is even a good objective here) 
female heroine, I think the first name which would come to me would 
NOT be Pansy Parkinson or any other girl from Slytherin house.

Probably the first name which would come to me would be Marietta's, 
whose one act of treachery IMO was much MORE objectionable than 
anything Pansy did so far.

JKR on the other hand chose rather minor character who IMO shares the 
worst traits of Slytherin house, but for the most part by association.

Again, let me repeat, I think that the comparison IS valid if for no 
other reason but Pansy choosing Draco as her boyfriend :)), but 
still... IMO she is just minor nuisance so far on the big scheme of 
things.

JMO,

Alla








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