[HPforGrownups] Percy

[Rena]

No: HPFGUIDX 14996

Sofie wrote:

> The most distinct impression I get from Percy is of someone who is
very
> strict about rules. He's not really hard to fool, as we see in GoF,
where he
> simply executes what he believes to be his superior's instructions.
He seems
> to me the kind of person who obeys the rules because they are the
rules, not
> because he agrees with them. He doesn't seem to be very critical or
> questioning about authority.
>
> Of course Percy wouldn't knowingly and willingly hurt *anyone*,
least of all
> his own family, but he also wouldn't disobey his superiors unless
they were
> so blatantly 'evil' [or so much in denial about Voldie's return] it
would
> endanger people.
>
> I do agree with Ron's remark that Percy is not the kind of person to
use his
> influence/authority to get someone out from under what he would
seeas their
> 'just desserts'. [Apologies if that sentence is really screwed
> up/misspelled; I seem to have lost all ability to speak/write proper
English
> today.]
>
> I'm not saying Percy is 'evil', or even just 'bad'. I'm just saying
that he
> is [or at least strikes me as] a 'wir haben es nicht gewusst' type
of
> person. [And I don't speak German, so that spelling is probably
waaaay off
> as well.]

Your German is fine *g* -- I agree with you that Percy is strict and
follows the rules even if he might not agree with them, but you also
have to take into account that he is trying to set himself apart from
his two older brothers, one who'd been a headboy, the other successful
at Quidditch.
And he is doing what his mother wants at least one of her boys to do.
Work for the ministry. So here he is, in his new job, a stickler for
rules and his boss goes all weird on him. Two things he can do: 1.
quit his job and find another or 2. make the best of the situation.
Percy chose the 2nd option.
I think Percy is just acting like any 18 year old in his first job,
struggling with his "follow the rules" personality and trying to proof
that he can do it.
In the end he will stick with his family, helping them in their
attempt to fight V.

Rena



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