Redemption for Percy?

[Anne]

No: HPFGUIDX 131163

> "Charlie Jones" <catwoman1683 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone think that Percy will redeem himself after his 
> disgusting  behavior towards his family in the last book? I would love to see 
> him  have a redemption scene. I don't think Percy is bad, rather very
> pig headed and extremely misguided. Possibly even naieve, too. I really 
> > don't think he's a bad guy deep down, and I would like to be proven 
> > right. 
> 
Rams wrote:
> I think he will too. I believe Percy does have his heart in the right 
> place. His enthusiastic reaction to Gryffindor winning the Quidditch 
> Cup in PoA and his coming to meet Ron with so much concern after the 
> second task in the Triwizard tournament only proves that IMHO. 
> 
> Only he has temporarily allowed himself to be blinded by ambition. 
(snip)

Anne says:
I think you make a good point, Rams.  Percy is extremely ambitious, no question, but he 
was sorted into Gryffindor, after all, not Slytherin.  Something in him, as far as the Sorting 
Hat is concerned, trumped ambition as his predominant quality.  It could be loyalty--
either to family or to "what is right".  That gives hope for Percy's redemption.