Pettigrew/Neville

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agdisney  writes:
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I'm  rereading POA and found a description that makes me wonder what PP 
and  Neville will be doing in Book 7.

pg.213 Scholastic 

"He watched,  as though somebody was playing him a piece of film, Sirius 
Black blasting  peter Pettigrew (who resembled Neville Longbottom) into 
a thousand  pieces".

Why would JKR put this description in () if it doesn't mean  something?  
What does PP have in common with  Neville?


Jaimee:
I don't think it actually means Neville and Peter are that similar.  I  think 
it is simply how Harry saw him.  At that time, Pettigrew was not seen  as the 
traitor, it was Sirius.  Also, I think up to that point, Harry sees  
similarities between PP and NL because neither are exactly 'part of the  group,' and 
both seem shy and unassuming. 
 
Though PP probably was more desperate to belong to James, Sirius, and  Lupins 
group than Neville indicates with Harry, Ron, Hermione, they are probably  
similar in that neither are seen as particularly talented wizards, and neither  
seem to have many friends.  I think it was merely the way Harry related to  
the scene in his head and the hatred he felt toward Sirius was not only his  
betrayal to his parents but what Harry saw as a totally heartless man who could  
harm a sweet boy like Neville.
 
I do think there are some similarities between the two in the ways I  
mentioned above, but Neville has more strength as a wizard than he thinks, he  just 
doesn't have abilities in the areas his grandmother wants him to  be strong in, 
and Neville has far far more strength of character than Pettigrew  had.
 
I do see your point, and I wondered about it when I read PoA the first  time, 
but I really just think, as I said above, that it was a way for Harry to  
relate to it in a present day sense, if that makes sense.
 
Jaimee