Percy's Letter (Was: Is Percy a spy?)

[humantupperware1]

No: HPFGUIDX 111108

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kim" <WriterKim at c...> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
>
> First of all, the letter is received on the evening before Umbridge 
> becomes "High Inquisitor" and things get very, very bad at 
> Hogwarts.  And, according to the Daily Prophet article that arrives 
> the next morning, the move to make her High Inquisitor occurred 
> during the night.  Percy must have fired off his letter to Ron 
> rather quickly, perhaps right after the MoM decision.  He also knew 
> that the Prophet would have the information for the morning's paper 
> and that the students would know about the move right away.  If 
> Percy is on the side of the MoM, why write with such haste, if not 
> to warn the trio?  Why not just let them find out on their own?
> 
> The opening two paragraphs of the letter are sheer Percy Weasley, 
> written to throw anyone who might be reading the mail.  And remember-
> - we are constantly reminded, from the beginning of OOTP, that the 
> mail is not safe.  Percy would know this, and gives a clue right in 
> the opening lines of the letter when he states his connections (MOM, 
> Umbridge).  He seems to be saying, "Dear Ron, Big Brother is 
> watching!  Listen up."
> 
snip of some very good ideas.....


HumanTupperware:

Even though I think this post is full of some good ideas about Percy warning 
Ron about what is to come, I tend not to read into these things so much (which 
may well be my downfall here), 

Basically, I think Percy was just being a bit of a prat. We all know what Percy 
is like, and there have been some recent posts about his struggle to achieve 
his ambitions on his own terms, plus the corrupting nature of power, and to 
me, this is what comes in as far as Percy is concerned. I don't think Percy was 
a spy. I think he is just highly ambitious, (remember Ron's comments about 
Percy's ambition when Crouch was in power?) and he is willing to take on the 
views of the ministry without question. Percy toes the Party line, he fawned all 
over Crouch, and then when he gets higher up in the ministry he does 
everything he can to uphold the ideas of his superiors. Otherwise, how else 
can he expect to succedd at the Ministry? (something that Arthur hasn't 
managed to do, which I think is a BIG part of Percy's problem)
I percieved his letter to Ron to be more of the same pompous stuff, trying to 
influence Ron and his views on Harry and Dumbledore because that is what 
the ministry says. I also think that maybe the letter was intended to give us, the 
readers, a taste for what is to come, rather than an explicit warning to Ron, 
though your post does make a lot of sense...........

Having said all this though, I do have a sneaking suspicion that it might have 
been Percy that told dumbledore about Harry's hearing being earlier, but 
Dumbledore has ways and means of knowing things that none of us can 
guess...........

hmmmm? 

HumanTupperware