Right vs. Easy (Ron WAS: Re: DH reread CH 4-5)

[sistermagpie]

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> > Magpie:
> > And to me, this is a great example of why "cowardly" is a lot better word choice. The time has come to choose between right vs. easy. Easy in this case being to cut off your own hand. The idea of somebody saying "Well, I just cut off my own hand because it was easier" just sounds hilarious. 
> 
> Pippin:
> Not if you finish the sentence "easier than getting killed."

Magpie:
I gotta say that for me yes, even if you finish the sentence easier than getting killed. "What is easy" just doesn't relate well into "cut off your own hand." Those were two hard things Peter was choosing between there. I think most people would find it easier to die.

Pippin:
> Peter had plenty of time to discover that it's not easy living as a coward, but it was familiar and so, moment to moment, it took less effort than trying to be brave. 

Mapgie:
Yes, I really do get this reading of "easy." Likewise Sirius finds it easier to run off and fight Voldemort than he does to stay in Grimmauld Place (which makes him feel like a coward). The main point seems to just be that Dumbledore's telling everybody to just do what's right, mmmkay? And that means fighting Voldemort. Whether you're too scared or too protective of your position, or whatever.

-m