Concept of before & after

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No: HPFGUIDX 16936

There's something I've noticed about the books; they show you a lot 
of comparison between the younger and older stages of a character. 
Sort of a look-what-happened-to-so-and-so, and it's always different 
from what you might have thought.
Take, for example, Tom Marvelo Riddle. As Dumbledore said, he was the 
handsome, clever, Head Boy. He became the feared Lord Voldemort.
And the group that is sometimes called the Marauders:
Wormtail: blew up a whole street, a Death Eater
James Potter: dead, but his son is a famous wizard and nemesis of 
Voldemort
Sirius Black: an escaped (although innocent) convict, and said 
murderer, on the run
Remus Lupin: a werewolf whose whereabouts we currently don't know.
What kind of reunion would that be?
Take a few other characters. Barty Crouch, senior, was successful and 
on his way to becoming Minister of Magic. By the end of the fourth 
book, he was a bone (which is funny in a way) and all members of his 
family have been as good as destroyed.
And remember how, in the chapter of GoF, the encounter with 
Voldemort, where the DeathEaters come? Voldemort muses over how 
they've changed.

All the befores and afters; is this a hint towards how Harry will 
turn out?