What about Percy?

[sjlupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 74143


> 
> Percy has been moved by ambition and the idea that sucking up to
> authority is the way to get ahead. We saw him at it in school.  
Percy
> sees his father's career stagnated because he goes his own way and
> thought he'd avoid the same "error."  Now that Cornelius Fudge's 
> stock is down and Dumbledore's (and his father's) is up, he's got to
> rethink.  I have hopes for him, but he's a useless slug the way he 
is now.
> 
> Percy represents the unredeemed Hermione, the overachiever who is
> devoted to working inside the structure.  Hermione's mind-set was
> transformed by being one of the Trio. Percy never had that 
experience,
> growing up in peacetime.  What did this year teach him?
> 
> Jim F.

The thing that bothers me MOST about Percys' behaviour in OoTP is the 
fact that he didn't come to see his Dad, or appear to have any 
contact whatsoever with him when he was injured. He nearly died and 
he didn't seem to care at all. To me that doesn't add up. I know he 
is ambitious and we saw it coming in previous books, but I really 
felt like his over the top behaviour in this book was very fishy. I'm 
not sure what it all means, but I have this feeling that there is 
more to his 'turning his back on his family' then meets the eye. I'm 
going to have to go back through the Percy threads and see what other 
peoples opinions are.

sjlupin