[HPforGrownups] umbridge helping Harry.

[Andy Mills]

No: HPFGUIDX 192567

On 17/11/2013 13:05, corey wrote:
> Hey group, I know this is going to sound completely crazy but I reread parts of the OotP, and I kind of got to thinking that Umbridge sorta of helped Harry. The reason I say that is cause maybe she unknowingly got him ready for what was to come. I know I'm most likely going to take some heat over this but just thought I'd throw it out there. I'm in no way a fan of Umbridge but I'm just saying it made me think a little.
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> Corey


I can sort of see where you're coming from.  Umbridge was the character 
that made me most angry when I first read the books, the one apart from 
Voldemort who I really hated.  Without her though, would Dumbledore's 
Army have ever been set up?  All that teaching of others Harry did 
certainly helped build his confidence and also meant that others were 
ready to fight when the time came.  So in a way, yes I suppose you could 
say that Umbridge did in a round about way, help to prepare Harry and 
the others for what was coming.

AJM