Why did Barty Crouch Jr join Voldemort?

[katherinemaurer at ymail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 189714

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:

> Mike:
> I don't know if Elkins answered your particular question either, it was so long ago that I read her amazing (and amazingly long) 9-part series on the Crouches.

I read that too, plus pretty much all of her Crouch Family related theories, because I'm writing a Crouch Fanfic and I'd like to do it justice. I want to write about Barty Jr's time in school and the lead up to him "crossing over to the dark side".

So I wonder again: Why did Barty Crouch Jr join Voldemort? Further to that, what was Barty Jr's childhood like, to lead him to that decision?

Since reading Elkins' theories, I only have one point of view as well as my own which, to me doesn't sound very good. I would like to ask what other listies theories are. And Mike, I was also wondering which of Elkins' theories you don't agree with.

-Katherine Maurer who is desperate to become an expert on the Crouch Family.