Percy the Prefect

[truthbeauty1]

No: HPFGUIDX 141211


  I'm sure you guys all know the feeling of re reading the books for 
like the 6th time and you just notice a sort of feeling that the 
book conveys that you have never noticed before. Well I had that the 
other day. I was re reading S.S and I got to the part where Harry 
meets the Weasleys for the first time.(Like one of my favorite parts 
bc I love the Wealeys soo much) Well I noticed a line where Percy is 
responding to the twins taunting him. " 'Oh, shut up,' said Percy 
the Prefect."(pg 96 in the S.S)
The way Percy is singled out by Harry this early on is odd to me. 
>From the get go, it is like Percy isnt quite a Weasley. He 
isnt "Percy the Oldest", Or "Percy the twins brother" He is Percy 
the Prefect. Now I think it is pretty obvious to anyone reading the 
books that Percy does try to distance himself from the family, but I 
dont think I realized how good of a job he was doing until I read 
that. Int that same book, Fred and George have to force Percy to 
spend Christmas day with Harry and the rest of the Weasleys in 
Gryfindor common room. For the rest of his duration at Hogwarts, he 
only acknowledges his family when they do something glorious. (i.e 
Rons victory over McGonagals chess set, his involvment in the 
chamber adventure) Percy only shows concern when something about his 
family might bring him shame. (i.e. he forces Ginny to take medicine 
because she is looking pale, his anger when he sees Ron going into 
the girls bathroom) When Percy starts working for the ministry his 
true colors are shown. Another thing I found odd, was as I am re 
reading the G.O.F, the whole "Weatherby" fiasco. Isnt it odd that 
although Crouch Sr. obviously knows Arthur personally, he cant get 
his son's last name correct? ( this conversation goes on in pgs.90-
92 in the U.S edition of G.O.F)I believe that this is all proof of 
how successful Percy has been at distancing himself from his humble, 
eccentric, loving, good, family. I dont really know what all this 
means, but I found it all very interesting. I also use this to argue 
that Ron's percieved ambition is in no way comparable to that of his 
older brother, as some have argued. Also, perhaps there are some 
parallels between this portrayal of Percy, and that of Tom Riddle. 
(i.e. only claiming the aspects of his family that are glorious, 
such as heir of slytherin, literally changing his name, wiping out 
all reminders of his family) These are just my kind of jumbled 
thoughts. I would love to see if anyone else had any thoughts on 
this topic. If this topic has already been discusses I am sorry, but 
I havent really seen it soo far.

truthbeauty1