Moody madness/What's in a name-Weasley

[jklb66]

No: HPFGUIDX 36371

Eloise wrote:
> Regarding Crouch/Moody and the Imperius curse. He had one very good 
>reason to teach Harry. Whom did we all not trust? Who was it hinted 
>had put Harry's name in the Goblet? Who at Hogwarts was presumed to 
>have used the Imperius in the past? Karkaroff. [Snip] Crouch could 
>reasonably expect that he would do anything to make his own champion 
>win, including Imperio'ing Harry to throw the tournament. Harry, 
>from Crouch/Moody's POV needed to be able to resist if he was to be 
>sure of winning.

Very Good, Eloise!  This is the best theory I've read on why Crouch 
taught Harry to resist the Imperius Curse.

I also liked the earlier post (sorry, I can't give credit where it is 
due; if I go back to find the post my computer will erase this!) that 
pointed out that while teaching Harry to resist the Imperius Curse, 
Crouch got his jollies out by letting Harry crash into desks and 
bruise himself.  Why not enjoy yourself with a bit of torture while 
teaching the brat!
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One more thing about the name "Weasley" is it's similarity 
to "Dursley."  Same last 4 letters.  It helps set the two families up 
for comparison.  One family epitomizes hatred of Harry, and one 
family epitomizes acceptance of him. "Life at the Burrow was as 
different as possible from life on Privet Drive....What Harry found 
most unusual about life at Ron's, however, wasn't the talking mirror 
or the clanking ghoul: It was the fact that everybody there seemed to 
like him."  CoS, ch. 4, 1st paragraph

-Jennifer
"'Twitchy little ferret, aren't you Malfoy?' said Hermione 
scathingly."