Percy

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No: HPFGUIDX 166127

Annemehr:

> Percy puts all his faith into his authority figures. 
> He has done so since childhood, and since childhood, 
> and right into his first year working for the Ministry, 
> this outlook on life had been consistently affirmed 
> by those authority figures through the granting of 
> good grades, material rewards, and positions of responsibility.

Debbie:

> Perhaps this is simply our first illustration of 
> Percy's approach to loyalty. When he says this, he 
> is a 5th year student, and Dumbledore is his headmaster.

houyhnhnm:

I hadn't thought of it that way, but it makes sense.  
I could not understand how Percy could turn on Dumbldore 
the way he did.  But if his admiration was not for 
Dumbldore as an individual, but only for the office 
of headmaster, I can see it.

Debbie:

> I would rephrase that to say that Percy is a youthful 
> character we see in the developmental stages that would 
> lead to becoming another Crouch Sr. He, like Percy, 
> was overly focused on adherence to the rules, and was 
> widely reputed to have sacrificed his family for his 
> career. Yet, in the end, he sacrificed everything to 
> save his unworthy son.

houyhnhnm:

Crouch, Sr. is a better grown-up version of Percy than 
Umbridge who has no family as far as we know.  Do you 
think it is a clue to Percy's fate?  Will he sacrifice 
himself to save a family member?  And will the analogy 
hold up so far as having one of the other Weasley's 
turn out to be unworthy?