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

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 111486

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> Ministry puppet or Spy for the Order, what was Percy trying to 
> accomplish with this letter? Suppose on the ministry puppet 
> side, he actually wants Ron to break with Harry, his family and 
> Dumbledore--what does that accomplish for Percy? How does it 
> further his aims, or the Ministry's? Dumbledore and Harry lose 
> the valuable support of --Ron? It will hurt Harry's feelings, sure, 
> but what does that do for the cause? Ron's not even of age!
> 

Alshain:
Adding my 2 Knuts a little late:
Since Percy's priggish mask cracked in GOF during the second task 
(when he waded out in the water to help Ron -- probably destroying 
his robes with murky lake water -- white in the face and looking much 
younger than usual etc.) I suspect that he does care about his two 
youngest siblings, in his own way (like the situation with Ginny in 
CoS). And I don't think the letter to Ron is as much about furthering 
Percy's own or the Ministry's interests as it is about furthering 
what Percy believes should be Ron's interests.
Even if Percy's letter as Ron says proclaims him to be a git, in this 
case he's a somewhat more selfless git than usual. But then, on the 
other hand, he may just wish for some support from someone in his 
family. Take your pick.

Alshain