Where were Barty jr.'s marbles?

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 23935

Mindy, a.k.a. CLH asked about Barty's marbles.

I agree his marbles are incomplete, but his behaviour is consistent.

The plan has gone wrong to the extent that Harry is still alive, but it has basically succeeded.  Barty's loyalty to his master is such that his first thought is to do the thing that he thinks Voldemort would want (though whether V would have preferred to do the job himself is open).  He doesn't care about his own survival, partly because he has faith in his master's ability to get him out of anything, and partly because his own death is of no importance in his own eyes.

Having killed Harry, he would have a sporting chance of only being sent to Azkaban - it wasn't foregone that he would be Kissed or killed - from where he could expect rescue within a year or so.

He really is a fanatic.  I am intrigued to know to what extent he is drawn from life and if so, which groups or individuals JKR might have had in mind.

David


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