[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

[Barbara Purdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 19675

Dave raises a lot of great points.  He also wrote: 

> Barty Crouch Jr. is a curious mixture of
vindictiveness and selfless devotion.  He clearly
> loves Voldemort and has enormous faith in him.  In
another cause, his singleminded pursuit of his goal
and willingness to sacrifice for the sake of 
> another would be regarded as exemplary.  It is clear
> that Voldemort's hold on him is not one of fear
alone.  Of course, he is an unusual case among the
Death Eaters...

Actually, Barty Crouch, Jr.'s motivations seem to be
remarkably like Tom Riddle's.  His father is obsessed
with catching Dark Wizards, and he evidently neglects
his family and pours himself into his work.  Barty,
Jr. does the one thing guaranteed to wound his father
deepest: he becomes a following of the greatest dark
wizard in fifty years.  Then he even coerces his
parents into helping him escape from prison, and
ultimately kills his own father.   

If there hadn't already been a Voldemort, Barty, Jr.
probably would have become him himself.  

There's some major stuff in the books having to do
with people's reactions to their fathers.  One has to
wonder, how would Harry have interacted with his own
father, had James lived?


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