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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Blog Post #2
As the series goes on we see plenty of changes in many of the characters. As we grow up with Harry we see that the world isn’t always simple as we think. Percy Weasley, when we are first introduced to Percy we think nothing of it. Since Fred and George are the troublemakers of the family it is only right that there is also a (in the word of the amazing Weasley twins) prat like Percy to mellow things out. As the series progresses we see Percy “rise to power” which we all knew would go to his head. It is not until the Order of Phoenix that we realize how much he has changed. Percy, who has known Harry for quite some time turns his back on him. He also turns on his whole family; he doesn’t even visit over Christmas. So the question is what happened over the course of the first four books that made Percy choose this side?
When I first read that Percy was no longer in contact with the rest of his family I figured that it wouldn’t last long. When he sent that letter to Ron in the fifth book I thought “once something important happens he will come back.” When his dad was lying in the hospital I figured he would be here any second now, but he never came. Rowling shows us that even people we think we know will desert you. She shows us that as we grow it gets harder for people to believe us and that not every branch grows in the same direction.
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I think Percy really shows his true colors as the book progresses. He is a real ass for not being there for his family over one little argument with his father. They have always been there for him when he needed them and now he is just POOF gone. Percy having all the power he did really got to his head and that shows during this time. He acts like he is too good for his own family. People make mistakes and say things they don’t mean in heated situations and Percy needs to take his head out of his butt and realize it was not a big deal and make up with his family.
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