#narrow-minded

snever

adj. confined, narrow, restricted; narrow-minded

“Etterhvert ble bekken ganske snever.” “After a while, the stream got quite narrow.”

“Det er snevert, men likevel mulig å forestille seg.” “It’s restricted, but nevertheless possible to imagine.”

“Hun er så snever at det nesten gjør vondt.” “She’s so narrow-minded it almost hurts.”

I was wondering what I could write about what we learned from Umbridge, did I really need to write about all the characters, did I learn from them? How people in power can be corrupt and self-indulging, how people can use their greatest insecurities or fears and inner hate as a foundation against others, these are things we know already from life and can see from other characters so why write about her. Well, there are two things—one is just a quandary. It is interesting that as she became more and more in power, more absolute in her hatred of others that she also became more ‘polite’ (a false-politeness as most is) and more ‘girly’ focusing on a love of kittens, the color pink and attempts in being fragile. Why? She didn’t want to come across as fragile or dainty.

Secondly, there are many characters that are hated for the level of pain or evil they caused: the Dursleys, the Malfoys, Pettigrew, while Voldemort, Bellatrix and Umbridge are usually at the top and considered the worst, Voldemort has never been considered high above Umbridge in this aspect, and for many falls beneath her.  Here is the man who split his soul into seven pieces (then accidentally eight), had Cedric murdered just because he wasn’t useful (seriously, just knock him out), tried to kill a baby who might one day kill him (good job on that one), murdered his entire family (both sides), he’s just an evil guy. So how is he not automatically the big villain Umbridge is? Why is she even able to compete? It’s a personal opinion, and choice, and one that fluctuates for most. Umbridge is so hated I believe, because of how much power she was allowed to have, and how she was able to slip in, remain and grow within the Ministry and be seen as someone with intellect, someone who should be compassionate, engaging and encouraging was narrow-minded and without individuality. In comparison, Voldemort had to fight for his power and to promote his beliefs, and people fought against him and disrespected him for it. Being forced to respect either Umbridge or Voldemort will make them hated, but as Umbridge was considered by many adults as one of the ‘good guys’ or that her crimes and hatred against others weren’t important enough to be obliterated and that she was supported makes us hate her and the system more.

And then one of your students looks at you and says - oh, that´s the one with all the fairies/gnomes, right? -

Let’s Open Our Minds: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge

We keep our minds closed,

To avoid hearing others’ truths.

Narrow-minded loss.

Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge, March 25, 2019: narrow and minded.

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