[HPforGrownups] Re: Why did Barty Crouch Jr join Voldemort?

[Andy Mills]

No: HPFGUIDX 189755

Hello June,

> June:
> I don't believe Barty Jr was evil. He didn't get recognition 
> from his father and really wanted it but his father was too 
> busy with his work to bother with Jr so Jr joinned the death 
> eaters to get attention. Bad attention is better than no 
> attention to some people.

While I do not believe Barty Jr had a proper and impartial trial, I do
believe that he was guilty.

Now, he was one of the group that were responsible for torturing the
Longbottoms and countless others we do not know of.

Barty Jr imprisoned Mad Eye in a bleak and dreary cell for, what, 9
months?

Barty Jr orchestrated events to deliver Harry directly into the hands of
Voldemort, knowing full well that Voldemort's intent was to kill Harry.

Okay, maybe he started out trying to get his father's attention, and
perhaps later he's trying to get the recognition from Voldemort that he
could not get from his own father.

But his actions are not those of a good person, and as someone else
pointed out, others have had a bad upbringing (like Harry) and even
Dudley and Draco showed some "good" towards the end.


TTFN

-- 
 Andy Mills