PERCY: DD's Personal Spy or Ministry's Puppet? (Long)

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 111397

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> Let's look at Percy's younger years for some clues as to his
> behaviour now.  All through his school years he was "perfect Percy",
> him mom's golden child who was held up as an example for the twins
> and Ron to emulate.  And Percy did all the appropriate
> good-school-boy stuff, studied hard (12 OWLS!), gathered honours
> (Prefect AND Head Boy!), lived up to Molly's expectations (watch how
> she pets him in front of the other kids and then turns a much less
> friendly aspect on the twins) and in general did everything the way
> he was supposed to. 
> 
> Percy has it hard-wired into his brain that if you do the 
> appropriate things and please your elders (first Molly, then your 
> boss) you'll be amply rewarded with the recognition you deserve.  
> This isn't always easy to accomplish: studying for all those OWLS 
> while you're doing your prefect duties is a stress and Percy is a 
> much more dutiful prefect than Ron was.  And for the twins it's 
> always open season on pranking Percy.  But he's lived his life by 
> the rules and he's benefited accordingly.  He's the perfect Mama's 
> boy.

A variation of this further explains the situation. Percy's view that 
he was doing the right thing was forever affirmed by Molly... so when 
Percy continues as before, following his immediate superior 
faithfully, and his mother objects... what has changed? Well, since 
Percy is doing what he's always done, obviously from his POV his 
mother is who changed, and for the worse... now agreeing with the 
twins and them instead of himself. This is why he rejects his family.

Josh