Chapter 35 - more, and more and more

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14569

Hmm...
The fathers and sons relationships thing is very interesting to me.  I 
noticed how exceedingly proud Amos Diggory was of his own son, Cedric 
(should we have picked up on that and known Cedric was doomed?), to 
the point that he wouldn't even tolerate Cedric's humility.  He 
assumed nothing but the best for his son.

As for Barty Sr and Barty Jr, I believe Jr went over to the Dark Side 
almost in defiance of his father's obsession with putting an end to 
all Dark Wizards.  It reminds me of the film "Traffic", where Michael 
Douglas' daughter becomes crack addicted right under her father's nose 
while he is going back and forth to DC trying to put an end to drugs.  
Neglecting your kids and not knowing you are doing so can have harmful 
effects indeed.  As a high school teacher in the Bronx, I've seen it 
many times.  And what a way to get your parents' attention; doing 
exactly what you know they hate...

If Barty Sr isn't around to really teach right from wrong to his son, 
what would stop Barty Jr from making bad decisions?  We all know that 
sometimes it just feels good to be bad, and that's what Barty Jr did, 
without caring that bad is bad, no matter what.  I also liked the 
comment about Voldie becoming a father figure to Barty Jr - who else 
was rewarding him for working hard?  His own father certainly wasn't.  
Dark Wizards are almost like a cult, picking up lonely people and 
brain washing them to believe that being a Death Eater is an honor, 
not a disgrace.

As for Barty Jr having so much power when he had been isolated from 
wizard society for so long... Remember when Barty Sr was a bit crazy 
in the woods when Harry found him, he mentioned his son's performance 
at school, letting us know that Barty Sr was a Hermione-type student.  
He also had a lot of help - from Pettigrew and from Voldie himself, 
who could still talk and think like a Dark Wizard even without his 
body.  That's how I justified his ability to do what he did.

On a different note - I think Voldie needed to wait until June for 
Harry to use the portkey because he needed all that time to get ready.  
He was just starting to get strength back, he had to organize the 
meeting place, get Wormtail all set up, etc.  He just needed that 
rehabilitation time, you know?

Hope I made sense (it is Sunday morning, after all)