Rats! (Or: A Treatise on Ron and Evil)

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48193

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "clicketykeys 
<clicketykeys at y...>" <clicketykeys at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants 
<rusalka at i...>" <
> rusalka at i...> wrote:
> 
> > Pettigrew, for all his snivelling, is 
> > cunning, resourceful, and very good at manipulating people when 
he's 
> > not having a crisis of nerves. 
> 
> I don't agree. What events from the story make you come to this 
> conclusion?
> 
> CK

As a young man, he fooled everyone about his loyalties for at least 
a year -- everyone from Dumbledore on down to his closest childhood 
friends.  When the game fell apart, he framed Sirius with remarkable 
efficiency under very difficult circumstances.  When he ran into 
Bertha Jorkins while on his way to Voldemort, he persuaded her to 
accompany him alone to an isolated place, even though she had every 
reason to be suspicious of him.  Everyone underestimates him, but he 
always comes through when he has to.  I think Pettigrew is an 
excellent actor and a very dangerous man.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com