[HPforGrownups] Cornelius Fudge - Character Study

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 3187


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Subject: [HPforGrownups] Cornelius Fudge - Character Study


Cornelius Fudge - Minister of Magic

Our most extensive contact with Fudge comes in Prisoner of Azkaban.
It is Fudge who meets Harry when he steps off the knight bus and sets
him up at the Inn. Presumably he knew the truth about Sirius Black
and knew that Sirius was actually not a threat to Harry. Presumably
his actions were consistent toward eliminating another foe of
Voldemort's.

How could Fudge have known?  How could anyone have known?  I imagine that
Voldy would have known that Black was never one of his followers, but even
the other Deatheaters would not have known for sure about Sirius.  Remember
what Karkaroff said in the show-trial scene (GoF, Chapter 30) "[Voldemort]
operated always in the greatest secrecy...we never knew the names of every
one of our fellows - He alone knew exactly who we all were...."  Granted,
Karkaroff is trying to save his own skin here, but his statement sounds very
believable in terms of how Voldy would have worked.  I'm sure Voldy never
posted a full Death Eaters membership list on his website (or Wizardly
equivalent thereof).

Cornelius Fudge (love that name!) could turn out to be a Deatheater, but it
seems unlikely - he's more the typical politician, who is more interested in
protecting the good name of his agency rather than actually dealing with
problems effectively (since that carries a greater risk of failure).

    - CMC




Question 5: Go back and reread that section. If Fudge is really a
follower of Voldemort and Black, were his responses to Harry
appropriate?

By the end of Prisoner of Azkaban, Fudge has grown from being a
bungler to an officious twit.

At the beginning of Goblet of Fire he is still the friendly, fatherly
type toward Harry though prone to officious prissiness. At the end
though, we see him defending everyone Harry mentions as a Deatheater,
casting aspersions on Harry's reliability and refusing to go along
with Dumbledore's plans to thwart Voldemort.

Question 6: Is there an explanation of Fudge's actions other than his
being a follower of Voldemort?

Do you believe his actions? I don't.




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