The next Peter Pettigrew

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No: HPFGUIDX 71955

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:

> What confuses me is that you seem to think that Ron will actually 
> develop such a hatred for his best friend that he may be willing to 
> turn towards someone as evil as Voldemort, possibly in the hopes 
Harry 
> will die.  

I never said that. I don't think for a moment that Ron would become a 
death eater or a Voldemort supporter like Pettigrew, but I have 
suggested that Ron due to jealousy might in a moment of weakness or a 
lapse of judgement inadvertenly betray his friends and help place 
them in a dangerous situation and thus destroy the trio. 

>Where in 
> all of this do you see Ron becoming someone who would turn his back 
on 
> his friends and family?

His desire for great things such as wealth, fame and authority. His 
jealousy towards Harry

> Do you really think he is so similar to 
> Percy?

Yes. Afterall his greatest desire is to have a position of fame and 
respect and possibly to gain wealth which he hasn't seen much of due 
to his family's lack of money.

>  Do you really think that because he has some growing to do he 
> will suddenly lose sight of the difference between good and bad?

Possibly. Jealousy coupled with immaturity and negelect can do 
wonders.

> Ron may be a pain in the butt at times, but cut him some slack.  
He's 
> no DE in training.

Certainly not a DE in training, but somebody who has the potential to 
betray his friends in a moment of weakness.