Past and Present Parallels

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No: HPFGUIDX 27044

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., kidzero7 at h... wrote:

> > I also expect Harry and the 'good side' to be betrayed by someone 
> > close to them. Someone who is weak or too eager to please a higher 
> > power. That person being either Neville or Percy. We'll see.
> > 
I don't think Neville will be the new Pettigrew.  We've been shown that 
Neville is willing to stand up to Harry and co. (as when he tries to 
stop them from leaving the Gryffindor commons room) and he does have 
his own niche in Herbology whereas Pettigrew is described as lacking 
any specialty.  I think Neville might be the inverse of Pettigrew just 
as Harry is the inverse of Riddle.  Just as Harry is an orphaned 
magician of great potential who was treated poorly by Muggles but does 
not seek Riddle's path, Neville seems to be a poor magician with a 
tendency to tag along with others who might be headed down a better 
path than Pettigrew.

Percy, however, I can see as betraying Harry, even if unintentionally, 
because of his desire to get ahead at the Ministry.  JKR has said in 
chats that the future books will emphasize the choice between what is 
right and what is easy.  An obvious problem would be whether Percy 
chooses the "easy" route to power. 
> 

>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jeremy_t_williams at h... wrote:
> For that reason, we don't really have any reason to suspect that 
> Snape was raised bad.  

I think we have reason to suspect Snape was raised to be evil.  Sirius 
described Snape as arriving at Hogwarts knowing more curses than even 
many seventh year students.  Someone had to teach those curses to Snape 
or provide him with the books, and the obvious place to look would be 
the people who raised him.  

--Suz