Percy

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 14943

Hi --

Sofie 'Melle' Werkers wrote:

> That reminds me, does anyone else see a similarity between Percy and
> Snape? They both have an unbending reverence for rules, and there's
> been a few hints throughout GoF that Percy might go 'bad'.
>
> I don't have my copy here, so I can't look up the exact quotes, but at
> one point, Ron says Percy would, like Crouch and his son, let his
> family members be punished if they'd break the rules. There was
> another bit that made me afraid of/for Percy, but I can't recall it
> off the top of my head.

Ah -- so you're willing to believe that Ron is *right* about this?
Hermione certainly doesn't think Ron has accurately pegged his big
brother, and I agree with her.  I think this is yet another example of
Ron's impetuousness ... his tendency to come to rash & ill-considered
conclusions.  [Sidenote: I have alot to say about Ron .... and I'm
really anxious for the Ron character summary to be posted ... seeing as
how it's Thursday now, I may give up soon & just post my thoughts on Ron
that I've been holding for this week]

Suzanne raised this in her questions earlier this week, and I've been
meaning to comment.  Percy may be pompous & ambitious.  He may pay
slavish attention to rules, but when push comes to shove, my bet is that
Percy will put personal ambitions aside in favor of family loyalties.
There is evidence that Percy cares very deeply for his family members
... it must have escaped Ron's notice (he's proud & boastful about Ron
at the end-of-year Feast in PS/SS; he is extremely protective of &
worried about Ginny throughout CoS; he comes wading into the lake to
help pull Ron out in GoF -- looking paler & younger than usual ....).

My belief is that Percy will be very sorely challenged.  He'll want to
believe for awhile that he can have it both ways: an upwardly mobile
career in Fudge's MoM and a mutually supportive & caring relationship
with his family members.  I think he'll struggle, but when tested, he'll
make the right decision & side with his family.  I only hope that his
turn for the better won't come at the expense of someone's life.  I
don't *think* it will go that far, but I think it might come close.  I
think Percy will have a really interesting moral struggle though.

I've always liked Percy!  :--)

Penny


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