Does JKR sees ambition as a flaw?

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No: HPFGUIDX 99779

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barb Roberts <miamibarb at B...> 
wrote:
> Alla:
> 
> >  Could someone give me any ideas why. I alsor ead somewhere, maybe
> >  even on this lists that for many Brits ambition is not 
considered to
> >  be a virtue. Is it true?
> >
> Barbara wrote:
> I'm not British, but I don't think  pure ambition is considered a 
> virtue many Americans either.  Is one of those words that can mean 
> something good, but usually doesn't.  It's certainly not on any 
> traditional (Christian) list of virtues.
  


Potioncat:
Ambition is funny.  Too much is shown as very bad...the drive to 
succeed makes the person choose "any means"   On the other hand, it's 
not considered good to have "no ambition."  and many a father might 
say that about a good for nothing son who doesn't want to work. "He 
doesn't have any ambition!"

But the same is true of the other Houses' "qualities."  Too much or 
too little are both bad.
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