Just Wondering...Add Your Opinion... (Pettigrew)

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No: HPFGUIDX 32703

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "alihp719" <ali719 at h...> wrote:
> > Here are just a few thoughts and curiosities I have with Harry...
> > (I am sorry if they were already posted!)
> > <snip>
> >  
> > Why would Scabbers bite Goyle on the train to Hogwarts when he, 
> > Crabbe, and Malfoy are annoying Ron, Hermione and Harry? Wouldn't 
> > he like them considering their families are Voldemort's 
supporters as 
> > well?
> > 
> > alihp719
> 

It depends on what you think Pettigrew's deal is.

I look at Pettigrew as a pitiful character. Pettigrew hates serving 
LV. He is afraid, feels he has no choice but to serve, isn't 
particularly powerful ('gas explosion' notwithstanding, it hasn't 
been explained how he did that stunt). He was basically LV's slave in 
the past and is his slave again. He saw an opportunity to lash out at 
the DEs in the only way he could at the moment. I think he is 
actually loyalty-less (is that a word)? He betrayed the Potters, and 
he'll betray LV. He is a sniveling coward, and htat's that.

However, some read Pettigrew as a thoroughly evil individual, LV's 
perfect partner, incompetent yes but committed to the DE cause. If 
this is the case, well, then maybe he bit Crab and Goyle because 
their parents gave up on LV after the incident with Harry Potter.

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