De's What's my motivation?

[Paula Gaon]

No: HPFGUIDX 81416


23/9/03

On 22/9/03 Hayes wrote: "... I want to know what motivates
the Death Eaters to become Death Eaters. I've laid
out some ideas of what we do know, but I keep running
up against a fundamental absence..."

Paula:  I've wondered this same thing from the very beginning.  The only answer that I've ever been able to come up with is what the Sorting Hat tells us in Book 1.  In paraphrase (don't have the book here), Slytherins are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and as far as we can see, the DE are largely (if not all) Slytherins.  Now if we look at history, these types of characters (Nazis and KKK members as Hayes mentioned later in the post) share this same trait, along with a tremendous pride and conviction of their cause.  So, with all that, in all of history, have we ever known what makes these types so sure of themselves that they are willing to go to such extemes?

Paula




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