Character Analysis - Peter Pettigrew:
Peter Pettigrew is one of the characters Harry Potter fans tend to dislike. Not only is he sneaky and evil, but he's so wimpy and pathetic that you just can't stand him. We don't actually meet Peter until closer to the end of the third book, but we do meet Scabbers early on in the first book. Scabbers was Ron's pet rat that was handed down to him from one of his older brothers. What we don't know is that Scabbers isn't a rat at all, and that it's really Peter Pettigrew who's been in hiding for twelve years. Peter is what they call an animagus, which means he has the ability to transform into an animal. Very similiar to Serious Black who's animagus form is a black dog. Peter's animagus form is obviously a rat, and has been a rat for quite some time now as he has been named Scabbers and taken a role as a household pet for the Weasleys. When we finally see the truth about Scabbers being Pettigrew, it's when Serious Black chases him through the womping willow tree and into the secret shack. Apparently Serious has actually been hunting down Peter the whole time and not Harry like everyone thought he was. It turns out that Serious, Peter, and Harry's dad James were all once friends when they were younger. It was Peter who framed Serious and helped Voldemort locate the Potter's house that lead to the murder of Harry's parents.
I never liked Peter while watching the movies. I never read the books but the movies always caught my attention whenever I watched them. My sister played the movies over and over again and read the series many times and she always talked about how she wasn't a Peter Pettigrew fan. Thanks for sharing!
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