parental roles in HP books

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 136355

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jlnbtr" <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176" 
> <Schlobin at a...> wrote:
> ...edited...
>  
> > Lucius Malfoy, father of Draco Malfoy. Lucius bullies and 
lectures 
> Draco. Lucius himself is a DE. Draco is also cruel and vicious and 
a 
> bully. Draco is, however, loved by his mother 
> 
> Juli: I think Lucius does care about Draco, he's teaching him to be 
> like him, he believes on what he does and he wants his son to 
follow 
> his footsteps, in some twisted way he's a good father.
>  
> > Bartemius Crouch, Sr., father to Barty Crouch, Jr. Father is 
> rigid, overcontrolling, fanatic who does great injustice to many, 
> including Sirius Black who he sends to Azkaban without a trial, and 
> his own son. 
> 
> Juli: What injustice did he make to his son? 1) He had a trial, 2)
He 
> was declared guilty by the juror, 3) he WAS guilty, 4)Barty Sr 
> actually got him out of jail, kept him locked and under imperius, 
> but he was out, he was away from the dementores.
> 
> I snipped the other "fathers" just because I agree with you. Can't 
> wait to see your essay on mothers.
> 
> Juli

Good point, Juli, but I would suggest that Barty Senior ignored his 
son while he was growing up, and sacrificed him to his own ambition 
to become Minister for Magic.....

Susan