[HPforGrownups] Percy Ignatius Weasley

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 83535

On 24 Oct 2003 at 14:16, Mary Jo Neyer wrote:

> 2.  Could St. Ignatius of Loyola be somehow a model for Percy?  I know
> that St. Ignatius of Loyola was originally a soldier, and when he was
> an invalid from wounds received during battle, he read a book about
> the life of a saint, and decided to try to be a saint himself.  Does
> this part of his life represent ambitious Percy?  St. Ignatius later
> said that the biggest and most important thing he had to learn was
> humility.  Are we going to see Percy humbled?  Or is he in reality
> already an undercover spy? The order St. Ignatius did institute became
> famous for its excellent education and teaching of logic.  Perhaps
> this is an indication that Percy will end up as the teacher at
> Hogwarts. 

Ooh, I like this idea - speaking as someone who the Jesuits educated in 
secondary school, and as someone who would really like to see Percy come good 
- I like Percy, or at least I did until Order of the Phoenix, and I hate the idea he 
may be a real traitor. To me, his reaction when he thought Ron could have been 
at risk of drowning in Goblet of Fire, is the only thing that has given me hope.

I know kids who 'relate' to Percy - who saw in him, bits of themselves (I did as 
well, but Hermione was a closer match for me, if we ignore the gender difference) 
and who are quite concerned at the way he seems to be now.


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