Fw: Character Summary : Peter Pettigrew

[Michelle Apostolides]

No: HPFGUIDX 10201


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From: "Michelle Apostolides" <michelleapostolides at lineone.net>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: 22 January 2001 21:08
Subject: Character Summary : Peter Pettigrew


> Age : Indeterminate.  Contemporary of Moony, Padfoot and Prongs AKA
> Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and James Potter.
>
> AKA :  Wormtail. Illegal Animagus form is a rat
>
> Appearance : as a child : "...that fat little boy..." Madame Rosmerta
>  POA CH 10 P 154 UK Ed. )
>
> As an adult : Short, thin colourless hair ( unkempt ) with a bald
patch
> on top. " He had the shrunken appearance of a plump man who had lost a
> lot of weight in a short time "  ( POA CH 19 p 269 ).
>
> Character : snivelling,  desperate. Definitely not brave. Was part of
> the Maurauders as a pupil at Hogwarts. Chosen to be James and Lily's
> Secret Keeper as an adult. Currently Servant of Lord Voldemort. One
who
> prefers the easy option.
>
> Questions for discussion
>
> 1 ) Is there any evidence to suggest goodness in this man ?
>
> 2 ) Did he turn the way he did because of the way he was viewed as a
> wizard ?  McGonagall says " Never quite in their league, talent-wise.
I
> was often rather sharp with him " POA CH 10 p 154.
>
> 3 Pettigrew gives the impression of wanting to befriend people who
> threaten him rather than be their enemy. > If this is true, a )  can
> anyone suggest why he was trusted enough to be Secret Keeper and b )
> What does this say about the behaviour of the other Maurauders as
> students ?
>
> Michelle
>