Pettigrew parallels

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 5361


Not much to add except that as always this is quite eloquent!

Peter, IMO just doesn't seem to match up with anyone in Harry's group 
of friends.

Scott

> But he was.  THAT'S why it is so scary.  He was one of us, and we 
have to be
> very brave to admit it.  That capacity for evil is in each one of 
us, even the
> bravest and the best. That's why (until Dumbledore talks to him 
about it in CoS)
> Harry is so haunted by the idea that he should have been placed in 
Slytherin.
> He senses that capability for evil in himself.  Sure, JKR's world 
is simple--the
> battle between good and evil--but at the same time it is very 
complex.  It's not
> just us vs. them.  The battle for good and evil is played out 
within each
> person, too.  And the outcome is not always easily see.  Who can 
fathom, from
> outside appearances, the human heart, even and perhaps especially 
when the heart
> is your own?
> 
> Peg