Oh my goodness! Rosie as Umbridge! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!! I know that I got as annoyed with Umbridge in the book as I get reading dem shills on the news. I had to keep putting the book down and walk slowly away. . .
*cough* as a former cult member, myself, I have seen Umbridge in the flesh. Or at least her archetype in action.
I have used the book to open discussions on the nature of totalitarian regimes with my children.
My 10 year old understands the basic principles of a white mutiny, and when, where and how to apply one. How many kids his age do?
I found it an *intensely* political work...