Fudge & Percy

[mikefeemster]

No: HPFGUIDX 99097

Melanie wote:
> 
>  Percy Weasley is not under any spell.  He has always been the  
odd one of the bunch.  I often compare Percy to his brother Bill.  
Why?  Well, for one thing they both were extremely smart.  
(Although, Charlie is probably smart..it's not his OWLS that get 
noticed).   They both have pretty prestigious jobs, I am guessing 
that if you are in charge of money then you have lots of power.  
Money in many ways equals power.  However, we don't see Bill 
striving for money...for power.  He HAS the power, yet he chooses 
not to flaunt it or use it to take advantage of others.  On the 
other hand, Fred and George have the money and flaunt it but they 
don't neccessarily strive for power beyond what they currently 
have.  
>  

My understanding of Percy is that he is a political animal.  He 
blows with the wind.  And in book five, the wind was with Fudge.

Notice how loyal he is to Dumbledore when he is prefect.  He stays 
over for the Christmas holidays because it was his duty as a prefect 
to support the teachers during this troubled time. (CoS 12)

As Head Boy he follows Dumbledore's orders and guards the students 
while the faculty look for Black (POA 9).

Once he is out of Hogwarts, he no longer needs Dumbledore and now 
the winds blows the direction of Mr. Crouch.  Between the ending of 
book 4 and the begining of book 5 the political winds change again.  
This time to Fudge, and more importantly, against Dumbledore and 
Harry.

Since he knows how close his family is to these two, he distances 
himself from them.

Now that the political winds have changed again, this time against 
Fudge, I expect Percy to change with him.  However, he does not 
realize the bridges he has already burned.

Mike