Pettigrew and the Sorting Hat

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 37938

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "greg_a126" <grega126 at a...> wrote:
> I always love reading these discussions about what house Peter was 
> in.  Because he certainly doesn't seem brave enough for Gryffindor 
> nor does it seem likely that James, Sirius and Remus (almost 
> undoubtedly Gryffindors) would be friends with him if he was in 
> Slytherin.  
> 
> I think the common assumption among people is that the Sorting Hat 
> takes what it sees and makes a decision based on that.  Is it not at 
> all possible that the Sorting Hat's job for people like Peter is to 
> force them to grow as people.  Perhaps the Sorting Hat hoped that by 
> placing Peter in Gryffindor, "Home of the Brave", some of their 
> bravery would rub off on him.  As incompetent as he is often 
> portrayed, he did manage the Animagus transformation, not to mention 
> come up with a plan that sent Sirius to prison while he was made a 
> hero.  If his friends' bravery had rubbed off a little better, he 
> probably would've made an extremely useful wizard for Light Magic.
> 
> Greg
> 


Well, well. Is Pettigrew brave? again. The time-honoured question that 
I change my mind on every time it's brought up.

I used to say he was a complete coward till Elkins pointed out that he 
chops off his own arm, bolts for it on pain of death in PoA, and 
frames Sirius rathering daringly. On the other hand, he's not brave 
enough to stand up to Voldemort.

I vote for Pettigrew being very brave and very cowardly. Can I do 
that? But I also think that he used to be more righteously brave, and 
he's lost that over the years.

Eileen