A new take on Peter

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 55066

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Quinn Dexter 
<pantalaimone at y...> wrote:
> 
>  Every time I read PoA, I am reminded of George Orwell's 
> novel '1984' (a British modern classic, for those who don't know - 
go 
> and read it!)
> 
> 
> At the time of the Marauders, the Wizarding world seems to be a 
> police state. Death Eaters roam the place at will, no one can knock 
> off Lord Voldemort; very much reminiscent of Big Brother and the 
> Thoughtpolice.
>
But unlike 1984's Big Brother, Voldemort never goes unchallenged - a 
strong opposition fights his every move, headed by Dumbledore, James 
Potter and Barty Crouch Sr., et al. Voldemort is never Big Brother, 
he is at best a successful terrorist. Rowling implies that the 
tragedy of Crouch is that he adopted his adversary's methods in 
trying to suppress the DE menace and descended to Voldemort's moral 
level.

And surely Peter Pettigrew of all people does not share Winston 
Smith's phobia of rats!

   - CMC