Choice (was themes and theories)

[nrenka]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:

> Pippin:
> There's loads of examples in the books but the best proof is 
> probably empirical. Snape has his fans and even Voldie has his 
> apologists but  do you know any readers who *don't* hate 
> Umbridge? Does Rowling leave us any choice?

Actually....yes.  Mostly out there in LJ land where all kinds of odd 
things flourish, but it's out there.  I see a suprising amount of 
apologia for Umbridge as the authority for Hogwarts (mostly in 
conjunction with 'Draco isn't that bad for being on the IS').

-Nora notes that readers can get sympathy into almost anywhere, when 
they try hard enough...Goethe had something to say about that...