[HPforGrownups] What house Peter was sorted into.

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 54966

--- Briony  wrote:

> There has been quite a bit of discussion as to which house Peter was put
> into.  I find it quite extraordinary that he would be put in Gryffindor,
> since only the bravest and most chivalrous go there, and Peter is
> definitely neither. [snip] The only house I can think of is Hufflepuff. 

> After all, Peter must have been patient to wait around as a rat for 12 
> years, and it would have required patience to learn the Animagus spell
with 
> his more-bright friends.  

I have to disagree.  Hufflepuff's defining traits, according to the
Sorting Hat, are loyalty and working hard.  I agree he had to work hard to
manage the Animagus transformation, but I don't think he meets the loyalty
qualification!  I don't see why everyone is so convinced that Peter isn't
a Gryffindor.  "Their daring, nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart." 
Nowhere does the Hat ever say that Gryffindors have to have strong moral
characters.  "Daring" and "nerve", hm?  Well, I think it takes a certain
amount of sheer chutzpah to pull what Peter did on Sirius, and then live
right under the nose of a Ministry of Magic worker for years on end.  We
don't know enough about Peter's past to judge his chivalry -- he might've
been the most courtly man in existance.  There are many different types of
courage, and moral courage is only one of them.  I don't see why Peter
couldn't be a Gryffindor.


Andrea

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"Reality is for people who lack imagination."

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