Percy question

[serious_schwartz]

No: HPFGUIDX 79199

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "slgazit" 
<slgazit at s...> wrote:

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> I think this, more than anything else, shows the direction that
> Percy is going. It is interesting how the poverty and low status
> of the family affects each of the children in a different - but
> profound way. Fred and George want to make tons of money selling
> jokes, Ron dreams of glory., etc. Percy wants to distinguish
> himself in the eyes of the person (or persons) he views as being
> at the top of the hierarchy.
> 
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> He has also shown admiration towards the most
> ruthless and immoral officials in the MoM (Fudge, Crouch, Umbridge).
> The next logical choice for him would therefore be Voldemort.
> 
> So I am afraid that we'll see Percy going even farther towards the
> evil path. I don't know if he'll go far enough to become a death
> eater. I have a feeling he'll try to turn around at some point,
> but that he will then be killed by one of the authority figures
> he so admires (Voldemort or one of the top DE's). He may have
> a chance to redeem himself before he dies, but in these kinds
> of dramas, those who refuse to make a moral choice tend to be
> ground between the opposing sides.


You make some good points. I agree that Percy will not come back to the family. He seems to have nothing but disdain for them. Almost to the point that he 
sees himself as not one of them. I don't think he'll go so far as to 
support Voldemort, though. I would hope he'd be clear on how 
horrible an option that would be. 

In CoS, Ron compares Percy to Crouch Sr, after the kids hear the 
story from Sirius of what happened with the Crouches. Hermione 
angrily tells Ron that Percy would never throw any family 
members to the dementors, and Ron responds that Percy would 
if thought his family was standing in the way of his career. Also in 
that book, one of the twins points out that Percy's goal is to be 
Minster of Magic.

My guess is that Percy will be the new Fudge. Not necessarily 
Minister of Magic anytime soon, but rather the officious, 
self-serving politician and bureaucrat who is in the oft-discussed 
grey area of not Voldy evil, but bad enough to help Voldy without 
realizing it. I also think the rift with the family will continue 
because Percy can't help but view the Order as some sort of 
illegal vigilante organization. Outlaws, if you will, and therefore 
working against the ministry. I think that is where the real 
showdowns between him and his family will come into play.

serious_schwartz