Imposter Moody's (Crouch Jr's) Motives

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Juliane said:

> I am re-reading Goblet of Fire and just finished the bit about 
the Unforgivable Curses. Why would imposter Moody want to make 
sure Hogwarts students know all about these? Why would he be advising "Constant Vigilance!" if he is actually a Death Eater? 
What were his true motives? <

Now Bonnie:

If I remember correctly, Imposter Moody didn't really show the 
class HOW to do the curses.  He did SHOW them the curses and what 
it was like to resist the Imperius Curse, which I believe only 
Harry could resist.

Maybe he was only trying to terrify them.  For 14 year old to see 
and imagine such things must have been really scary, especially 
since some of them had lost family members to the DEs (Neville 
for one).

Remember in POA Chapter 8:

' "I didn't think of Voldemort," said Harry honestly, "I - I 
remembered those dementors."
  "I see," said Lupin thoughtfully.  "Well, well....I'm impressed."  
He smiled slightly at the look of surprise on Harry's face.  "That 
suggest that what you fear most of all is - fear.  Very wise, 
Harry."

LV working through Crouch Jr. may have been trying to weaken Harry 
by making Harry afraid.  If Harry knew what awful curses LV could 
do, maybe he would be more easily beaten.  

Sorry but this gets me off on a new thought.

Crouch Jr., innocence or guilt:

Crouch Sr. does not appear to have been the best of fathers.  As 
has been mentioned in a previous post (sorry, can't remember who) 
on the types of parents, Crouch Sr. was obviously a "black or 
white", "right or wrong" type.  The most likely to produce, I 
believe, rebellion in your adolescents.  Whether Crouch Jr. was 
totally guilty or not of the crime that sent him to Azkaban, I 
imagine him being totally fascinated by LV.  We know LV (Tom Riddle) 
was always good at being able to "charm the people I needed." (COS, 
chapter 17).  Then for Crouch Jr. to have his father turn on him so 
mercilessly and send him to Azkaban, must have totally turned him 
to the "dark side" if he wasn't already there.  

Crouch Jr. makes me feel very sad.  I think he was just totally 
disillusioned and duped.  How much free will did he really have? 

Bonnie