[HPforGrownups] What kind of life would Barty Jr. have?

[Ginnybear from Gryffindor]

No: HPFGUIDX 27264


HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com wrote:

I think that Barty Sr. did Barty Jr. a major disservice by releasing him
from prison. For the rest of Jr.'s life, he'd have to be in hiding in his dad's house under a cloak. What kind of life is that? It's almost as bad as Azkaban. It's torture. It's like being in solitary confinement for life. He could never go out in public, and he'd never live a normal life - no companionship, no marriage, no life. Or was Sr. planning to smuggle him out and ship him off overseas where he could begin life anew
incognito? He'd rather have his beloved wife die in Azkaban and have the
son he despised constantly under guard, pretending he didn't exist? 

***  The way I understood the story, Barty Sr. only went to Azkaban to
     free Jr. because his wife requested it, and she was about to die,
     so Sr. granted her last wish.  It seems that Sr. loved his wife
     a whole lot more than his son. IMHO, Sr. also hated his son so 
     much for turning to the Dark Side, that he didn't care if Jr.
     would be happy in his life after Azkaban, and imposed all those
     restrictions on him (the Cloak, Winky, the Imperius curse, etc.).
     And Sr. probably still lived in fear of Jr.'s being able to find
     his master again, thus the restrictions.  

What a difficult life for Barty Sr. as well... I don't think it paid,
honestly. If I'd be Barty Jr. I don't think I'd want to live out the rest of my life hidden under a cloak in my father's house... I understand Azkaban is far worse, but is this a life?

***  Jr. didn't have any choice, though.  He was under the Imperius
     curse.

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