This is a meme hosted by Uncorked Thoughts.The aim of this meme is to share with fellow bloggers a character, spell, chapter, object or quote from the books/ films/ J. K. Rowling herself or anything Potter related! She is picking a topic within HP for us to focus on each week and then if anyone wants to take part feel free! All she asks is to link back to her blog :). There is now a full list of the topics to come here.
Biggest Betrayal in the Series
The theme of betrayal is abundant in this series, and I'm glad because it's important for kids to understand that not everyone can be trusted.
I think early on in the very first book, the Dursley's treatment of Harry is a betrayal. He's their flesh and blood, and a child no less, and they treat him as if he's unwanted, unloved, and unimportant in life. It's immediately apparent that J.K. Rowling feels betrayal as bad since she gives us physical representations of the Dursleys as very unattractive people. That goes back to Disney villains being ugly, and is another discussion entirely since evil isn't generally apparent on the outside.
I understand a lot of people here will go with Snape. He has two huge betrayals surrounding him with first betraying the Potters to Voldemort by repeating that prophecy and then betraying Voldemort for years by being one of the only people he trusted when he shouldn't have.
I think there's a larger one looming.
Peter Pettigrew...known as Wormtail.
I think early on in the very first book, the Dursley's treatment of Harry is a betrayal. He's their flesh and blood, and a child no less, and they treat him as if he's unwanted, unloved, and unimportant in life. It's immediately apparent that J.K. Rowling feels betrayal as bad since she gives us physical representations of the Dursleys as very unattractive people. That goes back to Disney villains being ugly, and is another discussion entirely since evil isn't generally apparent on the outside.
I understand a lot of people here will go with Snape. He has two huge betrayals surrounding him with first betraying the Potters to Voldemort by repeating that prophecy and then betraying Voldemort for years by being one of the only people he trusted when he shouldn't have.
I think there's a larger one looming.
The most disgusting thing I believe I read in the books was this rat that was pretending to be something he wasn't all along and cozying up with young boys in all their private moments. Am I the only one absolutely grossed out by this guy??
Peter was not only a member of the Order of the Phoenix who were staunchly fighting against Voldemort, but he was childhood friends with these people. He turned on them instead spying for Voldemort. As secret-keeper for the Potters, he betrayed them in an unforgivable way by giving their location away to the Dark Lord so he could kill them.
It keeps going though, he hides with Order of the Phoenix family members as a RAT. A pet rat. UGH so wrong.
But wait, it gets worse. When he's found out, he is instrumental in bringing this horrible person back to life to kill tons more people.
Peter was not only a member of the Order of the Phoenix who were staunchly fighting against Voldemort, but he was childhood friends with these people. He turned on them instead spying for Voldemort. As secret-keeper for the Potters, he betrayed them in an unforgivable way by giving their location away to the Dark Lord so he could kill them.
It keeps going though, he hides with Order of the Phoenix family members as a RAT. A pet rat. UGH so wrong.
But wait, it gets worse. When he's found out, he is instrumental in bringing this horrible person back to life to kill tons more people.
Which betrayal do you think is the worst in this series?
No comments:
Post a Comment