GoF CH 4-6 post DH look

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 181770

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> Alla:
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> 
> I am saying that Percy was wrong in not seeing that Ministry IMO is 
> indeed using him.
> 
> I think the topic of that report shows clearly that he was given an 
> absolute nonsense to work with, nothing important, that he is not 
> being valued at all. Cauldron thickness? What does it matter at all?
> 

I don't know how different this is from what the others are saying but
here goes anyway. It is unlikely that the Ministry would be involved
with cauldrons unless there had been complaints from their "citizens"
(it is hard to understand exactly what form of government the Ministry
is and what its political legitimacy is based on but I suppose that
ordinary members of the WW are in some sense citizens). Percy is being
given a job that is appropriate for someone fresh out of school. He
can't mess anything up too terribly if he utterly fails at it and
success with a small assignment will lead to a better next assignment.
So there is something in it for him. All employers use their
employees, that is what we are there for. Unused and useless employees
tend to become ex-employees.

This assignment is important for Percy only in the sense that one step
leads to the next. The irony is that in typical Percy fashion he
cannot see this but instead imagines this assignment to be one of
utmost importance to the Ministry and utmost urgency for his boss. His
family and their guests can see the obvious while Percy remains blind
to it. Another irony is that Arthur and Percy both dismiss the
importance of the other's work yet both are doing product related
public safety functions: Arthur for Muggles who should not be exposed
to magical "products", Percy for the WW public.

Ken