Sirius and Pettigrew (WAS: House Elves and Slavery)

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No: HPFGUIDX 126714


Debbie said:
> True, but Ron was raised in a very different kind of family. He
> learned at home that "Mudblood" prejudice was offensive. Sirius
> grew up in a family where the use of the word was evidently
> acceptable, and if the Blacks traveled only in like-minded circles,
> he would not have learned of other points of view until he arrived
> at Hogwarts. 

Nora responded:
> What else I was trying to bring up is that it *does* occur that 
> people decide, from an insider perspective precisely without much 
> exposure to the outside, that the behavior of the inside is 
> distasteful and wrong.


SSSusan:
I think Nora's right in this.  Look at Harry.  He could easily have 
become a selfish, whining, angry bully based on his "inside" 
experience.  But in fact he ended up quite different indeed from the 
example set within his family.  And, since this appears to have 
developed in Harry prior to his entering Hogwarts -- without a whole 
lot of other "outside" examples for influence -- it's seems at least 
possible that Sirius experienced something similar.
   
Siriusly Snapey Susan