Why Peter Truned Traitor

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 22064

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:
> To get back to the right vs. easy decisions, don't we
> all grapple with 
> that every day?  My best example is that it is the
> right decision to 
> go to the gym, but in December when it is cold and
> dark, it is so much 
> easier to sit on my couch and read GoF for the
> umpteenth time.  And 
> that is only a small decision.  I imagine that when
> the stakes are 
> high, those decisions become even more complicated,
> questionable, and 
> dangerous.  We will see others throughout the HP
> series make decisions 
> that are clearly easy instead of right; Peter will not
> be the only one 
> (my money is on Hagrid, BTW).
> 
> Okay, 'nuff rambling.
> 


Hagrid?

I'm sorry,  you must be joking.

Hagrid's a man who tries very hard to live up to the faith, trust, 
and friendship Dumbledore has showed him...and when he believes he 
has mistreated those gifts, or not showed proper faith, or failed 
them, he takes it EXTREMELY HARD.

I don't think Hagrid would do anything to thwart, oppose, or even 
slightly hinder Dumbledore and company without being tortured or put 
under Cruciatus or Imperius curses to do so.  

The only times I can recall Hagrid going "easy over right" was when 
he  used his broken wand in his umbrella,  when he got Norbert, and 
when he raised Aragog.  The animal thing is a character flaw. An 
endearing one, no doubt, but still a character flaw. And the bit with 
the broken wand has been rendered moot since he was expelled under 
false circumstances and should by rights have been allowed to 
complete his education and become a full wizard.

Just my two cents.

Indigo
Griffindor