Do you think there is more to Voldie's story?

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 97731

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> Ms Mo Me wrote:
> > I have often wondered, WHY and HOW did Voldemort get
> > so bad?
> > 
> > We know he had rough beginning.  People have also
> > speculated about the lack of love in his life.  But,
> > do you think that it is that ALONE that made him get
> > so evil?
> 
> Del replies :
> Nope. I think the lack of love and the rough circumstances made him 
> hard, resentful and ambitious. And I think it's his *power* that 
> corrupted him in the end. 



Okay, but what about Sirius Black?  Not only does most of his family
(so sorry, pureblood, practically royal Wizarding family) hate him, 
but his mother despises him so much that by the time he's 16, he's 
out of the house for good.  And he has a younger brother that, so 
far, seems to be the apple of his mother's eye.  And yet, he is not 
evil from this lack of love.  Yes, he got love and acceptance 
elsewhere, but how does anyone (ie Tom Riddle) grow up without *any* 
friends whatsoever? I'm just saying, if anyone in the story had 
motivation for turning evil because of a lack of love and would 
decide to take his hatred for his life, etc., out on m$&bloods, it 
seems like it would be Sirius, yet we know he's NOT evil.  So how 
*does* TR become so evil by the age of 15?  I don't get his 
motivation either. 

Susan