OOP: A person is more than the worst thing they have done

[Eleri Hamilton]

No: HPFGUIDX 63754


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>Wednesday, June 25, 2003, 10:38:19 AM, bluesqueak wrote:
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> > Sirius, who turned
> > away from the `Black' side as a teenager, treats his house elf in a
> > contemptuous way that would make any DE proud .

The Susanne said:

>This probably has come up before, but there is just now way
>I can read all the posts coming in right now:
>
>Wasn't it Sirius, who told Ron (I think) that you should
>look how a person treats their inferiors to get a real
>measure of what that person is like?
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>I was quite surprised to see him treat Kreacher the way he
>did, after the lecture he gave Ron.

I didn't really see him treating Kreacher that way because he saw the house 
elf as an 'inferior'. I saw it as Kreacher being representative of all the 
baggage from when Sirius was at home.

Sirius treats him with contempt because he has the power to do so now, and 
'get back at' his family, for having power over him for so long. He's 
taking out all his frustrations on Kreacher (brilliant name, BTW.)

Eleri