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

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 189758


Andy:
> 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.

Potioncat:
> <snip> At best I think it's a blend of those two ideas--it was
> a little bit of who Barty was and a little bit of his family
> dynamics. Of course, that's just me, I don't think it should
> be a choice between nature or nurture but rather a combination
> of nature and nurture. <snip>
>
> Of course, to me the really interesting question is "Why did
> Severus Snape join LV?" If anyone had good reasons to reject
> the DE way of life, he did.

June:
That is a very good point you made Andy, about Barty sr and jr
(are you really Dr Phil lol), I think you may be on to some thing.
Maybe Jr had it in him to be evil but maybe if Sr had treated him
like he was worth some thing to him he may have gone the other
way. I believe we all have it in us to be good or bad and it is
up to us which one we become and some times the way we go has a
lot to do with the way we are loved. As for Snape I think he went
to Voldemort because he was power hungry and probably felt betrayed
by the fact that the woman he loved had married his enemy.