Scrimgeour

When “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” was being cast, rumors swirled that Bill Nighy would be cast as Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour.

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The circumstances of Dumbledore's death promise to be a major theme in the final volume, but the most telling aspect of the close of the book is the conflict between Harry and Scrimgeour.

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In the book, J.K. Rowling did an admirable job balancing the threat of Voldemort's unmitigated evil with the moral transgressions of Scrimgeour and the rest of Harry's government.

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To raise the morale of the wizarding world, Scrimgeour comes to find Harry at Christmas to ask him to make a public show of support for the Ministry.

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In the book, Scrimgeour, in an effort to appear resolute in his 'War on (Magical) Terror,' has locked up any number of innocent bystanders, including Stan Shunpike, a nebbishy bit player seen only briefly in books three and four.

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Unfortunately, just as in our world, it is not enough for a leader to be decisive; s/he must make thoughtful decisions based on data, and, once Scrimgeour gets down to business, his certainty is detrimental as he uses his power badly.

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Specifically, Scrimgeour et al. [14] suggested that if these disturbances play a role in maintaining habitat complexity and associated species richness and diversity, then climate-related changes in the severity of these events will affect macroinvertebrate and aquatic algal species distribution and associated biodiversity patterns (see also Prowse and Culp [15]).

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Scrimgeour presents the opposite problem: a man so committed to opposing evil that he has neglected to be good.

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When they meet again, Scrimgeour is just as eager to have Harry on his side.

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Rather than admit an error, and desperate to appear to be making progress against a terrifying enemy, Scrimgeour refuses to release Shunpike.

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