"Mad-Eye Moody" - Character Sketch

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 6118

Several posts have asked why Barty Crouch Jr. while impersonating
Mad Eye Moody would have helped the fourth years, or done several
things that were supportive of Neville or Harry or whomever.

Evil is terribly single-minded. Crouch, Jr.'s sole goal was to 
get Harry to the port key so that he could be transported to 
Voldemort for execution. Everything else Crouch did was subordinate 
to this goal. He had to pass convincingly as Mad Eye Moody. Remember, 
evil has no conscience. He didn't care if he was doing good or evil,
just so long as it met his goal. 

Dumbledore would be hard to fool, so Crouch tried in every way to act 
as if he were Mad Eye. It was fortuitous for him that his first
move could be against Draco Malfoy. Both Crouch and Moody hated 
Lucius Malfoy for different reasons.

The real Mad Eye was in no way the equivalent of Voldemort or Barty 
Crouch, Junior. He never killed unless forced to (according to 
Sirius), and always brought the DEs in for trial.

It is Bartemius Crouch, SENIOR (not Mad Eye) who is the moral 
equivalent of his son. They BOTH use evil methods; they are just on 
different sides.

Susan