book jacket, stag/ woman's face on the back cover?

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 167268

 
"rlace2003" <rlace2003 at ...> wrote:
> 
> Those are all  good possibilities.  Still, I'd like to hear that
> coming from one  of the Order members themselves.  Maybe the Order
> members named it  because of their respect for Dumbledore. 

va32h here:

This is what  I think. Dumbledore seems entirely too modest to name an 
organization after  himself. But we already know that those who are 
loyal to him have no  hesitation to do so (i.e. "Dumbledore's Army"). 

I don't have any problem  imagining that the membership decided to name 
themselves the Order of the  Phoenix in honor of DD, and that DD was 
suitably touched by the gesture.  


Julie:
I've always assumed the organization was named Order of the  Phoenix
partly to reflect the rebirth characterization of a phoenix. I.e.,  the Order 
is 
saying that if they are struck down they will simply rise  again (reorganize)
and will not quit until they defeat their enemy. A taunt to Voldemort, in 
other words ;-) That, along with the fact that the  name associates them with 
Voldemort's most feared rival, Dumbledore...

 
Julie, who agrees it probably wasn't Dumbledore who suggested the  name.







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