OOP: Who can blame Peter Pettigrew?

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No: HPFGUIDX 65758

After reading about how Peter was treated by his supposed friends 
James and Sirius, not to mention how they, and Lupin treated Snape, I 
fully understand why Peter joined the dark side. 

No excuse for what he did, but when you witness that sort of 
treatment from your friends, you learn to be ruthless and never to 
show mercy.

Lupin comes across as the worst of the lot. That he is only 15 is no 
excuse. He was a prefect, and if you are old enough to have that sort 
of responsability, you are old enough to know right from wrong, and 
to stop your friends from treating others in such a horrible way.

I'd say James was the one who drove Peter to join what Peter must 
have seen as the stronger side, the side that could offer better 
protection. Becase James showed Peter how supposedly good people 
treat the weaker.

Varana