Crouch/Moody motivation

[Katze]

No: HPFGUIDX 32950

Elizabeth Dalton wrote:

> 
> Crouch/Moody comes in third. Knows his material, gives his students plenty of
> practice, emphasizes the relevance of what he's teaching them, but is a bit
> heavy-handed. I'm not sure how to count him cheering up Neville and giving him
> the book on herbology. We know he did it for his own evil reasons, but at face
> value it was a good thing to do as a teacher. I guess I think Crouch played a
> "good teacher" very well. We'll have to see what Moody is like (if he sticks
> around as a teacher).

I'm wondering what the importance of this was. Wasn't crouch originally
one of the few who tortured Neville's parents? Why then, would he want
to go and try to make Neville feel better, and give him a book on
herbology (a subject that Neville is good with)? If Moody were actually
Moody, this seems pretty honest, but it's a stretch for me to believe
that Crouch/Moody was trying to actually help Neville. There must've
been more going on in that office.

I do think that Moody is heavy-handed, but I'm not sure the real Moody
would've gone after the unforgivable curses had he actually been the
teacher. Crouch/Moody, I would think, must've been trying to test Harry
or something, but I'm still trying to figure that one out. 

Thoughts?

-Katze