OOP: In a view of a Slytherin

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No: HPFGUIDX 65166

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, phoenixtears288 at c... wrote:
>  Jessi wrote:
> >
> >In PS/SS Hagrid tells Harry that there's not a wizard who went bad 
who 
> >wasn't in Slytherin.nbsp; So all evil Hogwarts alumnae were in 
Slytherin, but 
> >not all Hogwarts alum from Slytherin turned evil...What about 
Peter 
> >Pettigrew?nbsp; I imagine James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter were all 
in the same 
> >house.nbsp; Was Peter actually in Slytherin?nbsp; Was Hagrid wrong?
nbsp; Is the 
> >stereotype that only Slytherin students can turn wicked in fact 
inaccurate, 
> >and students from other houses can also go down the wrong path?
nbsp; I suppose 
> >this is a matter of all five books, not just OoP.
> >
> 
> Paige Woods' Reply: 
> 
>   Well, I suppose it all depends on your personality. Look at 
Wormtail, he always wanted to be safe and protected. And this 
personality factor ties in with the sorting hat. The sorting hat 
sorts you into the houses based on your personality. All of the 
Slytherins must have a factor in their personality that got them in 
the house. As for Wormtail, ambition wasn't in his mind. All he 
wanted was to be safe. Wormtail being in Gryffindor is kind of hard 
to believe... I haven't seen an ounce of bavery from him yet. 
> 
>   ~Paige Woods~



Also, don't forget, that during the timeline of PS/SS, Hagrid didn't 
know that Peter was still alive, nor that he had been the one to 
betray Lily and James.  Of course, he *did* have his assumptions (as 
did the rest of the wizarding world) about Sirius Black, who was 
still considered "evil" at that point.  

Perhaps Hagrid had just forgotten.  (Or JKR had neglected to slip in 
a detail of Hagrid being "hesitant" or "unsure" when making this 
statement to Harry.)

Rummi