Bem (2024)

"It's like trying to catch smoke... like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands."
—Bem on trying to catch Sirius Black[src]

Bem (born c. 1979-1980[1]) was a Nigerian[2] wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1991 to 1998.[4] He was sorted into Gryffindor and is in Harry Potter's year, however he does not dorm with Harry and friends.

Contents

  • 1 Biography
    • 1.1 Hogwarts education
      • 1.1.1 Early years
      • 1.1.2 Third year
      • 1.1.3 Fourth year
      • 1.1.4 Fifth year
      • 1.1.5 Battle of Hogwarts
  • 2 Etymology
  • 3 Behind the scenes
  • 4 Appearances
  • 5 Notes and references
  • 6 See also

Biography[]

Hogwarts education[]

Early years[]

Bem began his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991, along with students Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.[1] Little is known about Bem's earlier years.

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Third year[]

Seamus Finnigan: "The Grin? What's the Grin?"
Bem: "Not the Grin, you idiot. The Grim. "Taking the form of a giant spectral dog, it's among the darkest omens in our world. It's an omen...of death.""
— Bem explains the meaning of the Grim[src]

Bem chose Care of Magical Creatures and Divination as electives in his third year. During a Tessomancy lesson, Professor Trelawney looked in Harry Potter's cup, and said he had the Grim. Seamus Finnigan, mishearing the name of this omen, asked what "the Grin" was. Bem called Seamus an idiot and then proceeded to explain the significance of the Grim by reading from his Divination textbook.[4]

Later on in Bem's third year, Seamus Finnigan came into the Great Hall to announce that Sirius Black had been seen, and Bem likened searching for the fugitive to "trying to catch smoke with your bare hands."[4] Bem was present to witness Harry Potter open his new broom he received from Sirius Black and watched him give it it's first test fly.

Fourth year[]

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During Bem's fourth year, Hogwarts held the Triwizard Tournament. Harry Potter, whom is from the same house as Bem, was chosen as one of the student finalists along with Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum. Bem was sat next to Parvati and Padma Patil during the feast at the start of the year. Bem was also seen sitting in the back of the Great Hall during the memorial to the late Cedric Diggory at the end of the year.[5]

Fifth year[]

"Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than what we are now: students. If they can do it, why not us?"
Harry Potter to the students of Hogwarts[src]

Bem's fifth year would be under the watchful eye of the Ministry of Magic and Dolores Umbridge, who took on the role of the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Throughout the year both the Ministry and Umbridge blamed "notorious mass murderer" Sirius Black for the Azkaban escapes and the murders. Whether or not Bem believed this is unknown, but he commented in previous years how he felt about Sirius Black. Bem joined the alliance against Umbridge, Dumbledore's Army. Come the end of the year, the Ministry had seen sense and the start of the Second Wizarding War was announced.

Battle of Hogwarts[]

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It is unknown if Bem fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, but it is highly likely.

Etymology[]

The name Bem means "peace" in the language of the Tiv, of Nigeria and Cameroon and also means "good" in portuguese.[6] "BEM" is also an abbreviation for British Empire Medal, a medal received from British royalty for meritorious civil or military service, which reflects Bem being Sorted into Gryffindor.

Behind the scenes[]

  • Like the character Nigel Wolpert, Bem is not mentioned in the books, but is credited in the films. Played by Ekow Quartey, the character is listed in the credits for Prisoner of Azkaban as simply "Boy 1". However, on the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD, the closed captions identify the character as "Bem" during the Divination class scene.
  • Bem was created purely for the films (particularly Prisoner of Azkaban).
  • In Order of the Phoenix, Bem was in Ravenclaw while in Prisoner of Azkaban he was a Gryffindor.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bem's age can be extrapolated from his presence during the third-year Divination class in the Prisoner of Azkaban film.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Prisoner of Azkaban script on IMSDb
  3. He wasn't sent away from Hogwarts while it had been taken over by Death Eaters, so he wasn't Muggle-born.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
  5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  6. The New Age Baby Name Book by Sue Browder

See also[]

fr:Bem

Bem (2024)

FAQs

What does BEM stand for in coding? ›

BEM stands for Block Element Modifier. The main idea behind it is to speed up the development process, and ease the teamwork of developers by arranging CSS classes into independent modules. If you ever saw a class name like header__form--search , that is BEM in action.

What is BEM used for? ›

BEM (Block Element Modifier) is a commonly used naming convention for writing classes in HTML. It helps you speed up the development process while keeping things organized and easy to understand for the whole team. It is based on a simple idea where every big chunk of markup is called a Block.

What is the point of BEM? ›

BEM, short for Block Element Modifier, is a popular CSS methodology that simplifies the process of writing CSS code. By breaking down styles into blocks, elements, and modifiers, BEM makes it easier to understand and manipulate your CSS code.

What does BEM do? ›

BEM (Block, Element, Modifier) is a component-based approach to web development. The idea behind it is to divide the user interface into independent blocks. This makes interface development easy and fast even with a complex UI, and it allows reuse of existing code without copying and pasting.

What is BEM in business? ›

Business Event Management (BEM)

What does BEM stand for in education? ›

Brevet d'Enseignement Moyen (BEM)

From the 1st year, students take English classes. At the end of the final year, they take exams. Function of the diploma: access to upper secondary education (Baccalauréat) or vocational education. Diploma: Brevet d'Enseignement Moyen (BEM)/ شهادة التعليم المتوسط.

What is BEM in engineering? ›

The Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) is a statutory body constituted under the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 with perpetual succession and a common seal, which may sue and be sued.

What is the full form of BEM in engineering? ›

One of the main functions of the Board of Engineers (BEM) as mandated in the Registration of Engineers Act (REA) is to register engineering consultancy firms. There are two sections: Section 7A which registers Single Disciplinary Practice (SDP) and Section 7B which registers Multi- Disciplinary Practice (MDP).

What is BEM naming? ›

The BEM (Block-Element-Modifier) naming standard is one well-liked way to accomplish this. The term BEM stands for Block-Element-Modifier, which is a naming convention for CSS class names that helps to maintain a clear and consistent structure in a project's styling.

What are the disadvantages of BEM? ›

Disadvantages of BEM:
  • Verbosity: The BEM naming convention can result in longer class names that can make the HTML code more verbose and difficult to read.
  • Overhead: Implementing BEM requires a significant amount of upfront work and planning, which can be a burden for small projects or teams with limited resources.
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Why not use BEM? ›

BEM allows us to nest elements but does not get grandchild elements. In such a case, the BEM naming convention does not allow us to understand the structure of a block without studying the HTML in detail (~BEM documentation) anymore.

Is BEM CSS still used? ›

We have all heard about it, it is commonly used when writing custom CSS, SCSS, SASS. The naming convention is referred to as BEM and it stands for. Short for Blocks, Elements and Modifiers.

What are the rules of BEM? ›

Two Dashes style
  • Names are written in lowercase Latin letters.
  • Words within the names of BEM entities are separated by a hyphen ( - ).
  • The element name is separated from the block name by a double underscore ( __ ).
  • Boolean modifiers are separated from the name of the block or element by a double hyphen ( -- ).

What is the difference between BEM and Abem? ›

ABEM (Atomic BEM) is a slight variant of BEM that makes two important changes as well as slightly changing the syntax. The notable features are: Block, element, and modifier names are in lowerCamelCase instead of kebab-case. Chainable Modifiers are separate classes prefixes with a leading dash.

What is Sass and BEM? ›

SASS nesting and the BEM (Block - Element - Modifier) structure will help get us to get rid of this concern. This is a method that consists of naming your CSS classes based on the role they play in your HTML. The Block Element Modifier structure is a powerful structure to follow when naming our classes.

What does BEM stand for CSS? ›

BEM is a CSS naming convention designed to emphasize relationships among CSS style rules. It's an acronym that stands for: Block Element Modifier. Blocks, elements, and modifiers form the patterns that the BEM convention uses for naming CSS rules.

What is the BEM name in CSS? ›

The BEM (Block-Element-Modifier) naming standard is one well-liked way to accomplish this. The term BEM stands for Block-Element-Modifier, which is a naming convention for CSS class names that helps to maintain a clear and consistent structure in a project's styling. In this article, we'll take a closer look at BEM.

What is BEM naming for CSS? ›

BEM (which stands for Block-Element-Modifier) is a naming convention standard for CSS class names. It has fairly wide adoption and is immensely useful in writing CSS that is easier to read, understand, and scale.

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