The House of Marauder

[Christi]

No: HPFGUIDX 60671

I actually have a theory for Neville that could very easily apply to 
Peter. Perhaps his 11yr old self was sorted into Gryffindor because 
he valued bravery and/or wanted to be more courageous. Placing him 
in Gryffindor would give him the best chance to develop that 
bravery. Peter chose the easy way out and hid behind his brave 
friends rather than developing himself. JKR has already drawn a 
parallel between Neville and Peter when Harry notes that Peter 
Pettigrew's picture reminded him of Neville, and I have seen a lot 
of speculation about how Neville made it into Gryffindor. I expect 
that JKR will use any similarities between the two characters to 
highlight the theme of choices.



Christi


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "brassgryphon" <madaxe at s...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Atherton" 
<suzloua at h...> 
> wrote:
> > Although it's somewhat taken as a given that James was in 
> Gryffindor, we don't know for sure, nor do we know where Sirius, 
> Remus and Peter were.
> > 
> > Directly preceding this was a load of bumf about Harry and Ron 
not 
> being able to find the Slytherin Dungeons. This would lead me to 
> believe that each student only knows the location of his own 
house's 
> common room and dormitory, something that has been alluded to 
before. 
> They certainly seem pretty well hidden - after all, there's a ton 
of 
> portraits around Hogwarts, so why would the Fat Lady be 
significant? 
> So, following this reasoning, wouldn't Sirius *have* to be in 
> Gryffindor since he knew how to get into Gryffindor Tower? 
> >>
> 
> Yes, this has loads of credibility. Besides, we pretty much know 
that 
> Sirius is in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff to begin with.
> 
> Now the only thing we know for sure is that Peter was NOT in 
> Hufflepuff. He'd only get into Gryffindor by an extreme fluke, he 
> doesn't seem particularly bright, and I don't see him being a 
> Slytherin and Sirius not suspecting anything when he switched.
> 
> Anyone have ideas on ole Wormtail?
> 
> "Brassgryphon"