Evil in HP

imamommy at sbcglobal.net imamommy at sbcglobal.net
Fri May 2 17:40:46 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 56805

Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote:
While Fudge himself may not be evil, the consequences of his selfish 
motives may be very ugly.

imamommy:
I agree.  This reminds me of the theories that were going around 
about Percy!Evil and Rita Skeeter!Evil.  I don't think Skeeter is in 
league with Voldemort.  But I do think she is able to be pretty 
destructive in her own petty way.  I don't think Percy is evil, but 
he has some character flaws that my expose his family and friends to 
harm in the future.  Another example:  Barty Crouch, Sr.  He was 
working for the good side, right?  But he became pretty unethical.  
He obviously wasn't a DE, but he wasn't exactly perfect, either.  
This is why we all love Rowling:  she writes characters with real 
human weakness.  Even the heroes have weaknesses.  She examines these 
so well, we learn about our own weaknesses while we read, and being 
aware helps us want to correct them.  

Back to Fudge, Percy, and Skeeter:  There's a quote toward the end of 
LOTR, where Gandalf says he fears that Saruman may still cause 
trouble in a small way (sorry for the paraphrase).  This of course he 
does, in the Shire.  So my point is, I don't think these people will 
necessarily work for Voldie, but they may aid him unknowingly.  Or 
they may simply cause unrelated mischief.  

imamommy






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