Peter Pettigrew?

Question

We know that Peter Pettigrew was in Gryffindor, yet all we ever see from him is cowardice. Why do you think he was ultimately sorted into Gryffindor rather than another such as Slytherin?

Also if you do answer dont just right down like two words really tell me with a good answer!

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Answer 1

I think the hat judged what was at the present, not the future. At some point, Pettigrew had to have some level of courage. Remember the Marauder's Map? Remember that he could transform into an animal before it was legal? It would have taken some courage to do that.

That is a possibility, but I think the real reason is simply that Pettigrew chose to go to Gryffindor. The hat wanted to put Harry in Slytherin and Hermione in Ravenclaw, but both wanted to go to Gryffindor, so the hat put them in Gryffindor. I think it's very possible that Pettigrew became friends with Black, Lupin, or James Potter before the sorting, and when he saw the first two of them go to Gryffindor, he decided he wanted to go to Gryffindor as well, and the hat granted him that wish.

Answer 2

First of all, loyalty is a trait of the Hufflepuff house, not Gryffindor, their traits are bravery and courage, but I agree, I've wondered the same thing, as Pettigrew strikes me as a rather cowardly man. But one could argue that it took bravery to betray the Potters, and when he helped Voldemort rise again. I always wondered why he did that, I mean, without Peter, Voldemort was a powerless.. thing, with no real body of his own, but he chose to seek him out anyway. If Peter never looked for him, the rest of his loyal followers would still be in Azkaban and could not help him, and the ones that walk free did not bother to find him anyways. So in short, it definitely took some bravery to seek out and help Voldemort, I guess, and there's also the fact that the Sorting Hat takes the person's choice into account, and perhaps he only gradually became the way he is, for whatever reason, if he intended to be a bad wizard all along he'd hope for Slytherin or something.

Answer 3

This is just personal speculation from a huge Harry Potter fan-
Pettigrew was brave, but selfish and power hungry. He had a HUGE need for acceptance, first by the Maraurders and then by the Death Eaters. Pettigrew was ambitious, a clear Slytherin trait, but don't forget he sat as a rat "in the lion's den" so to speak, while living with the Weasley family. And in the end Pettigrew strangled himself because of his show of remorse for the deaths of his friends. Just because someone is in Gryffindor, that does NOT make them a good person. It just makes them brave.

Answer 4

OK I try my best at iving you a "really good answer"...

Peter Pettigrew (which I am not a big fan of) was sorted into Gryffindor because he my be cowardly on the outside but deep down he isn't. For example in the Deathly Hallows Peter wouldn't kill Harry, then his hand turned on him and killed him. Also he probably wasn't bad as a kid but since he wasn't ever the best at anything he thought he should be with the bst and maybe he would become the best, so by being with Voldemort he turned bad. Since Voldemort is bad he was afaid of him so e seemed cowardly....

Is that good???

Answer 5

he was a well i really dont know how to say it in writing but here it is he was a griffindor because the way he was then..(probibly he was a brave guy then look at neville he is a wimp and stuff but over came it)...but now in the book he is one of voldermorts people and well is he screws up on anything he will get punished serverly buy voldermort and so i think that when he became a death eater his personality changed to trying not to get in voldermorts bad side by staying low and doing when told.

Answer 6

Well, maybe like Harry, he asked the sorting hat to put him in Gryffindor because all those guys (Moony[Lupin] Padfoot [Sirius] Prongs [James]) were in Gryffindor and he wanted them to be his friends.

Answer 7

I think that Peter Pettigrew wasn't always like that. He might have been different his first year and then he could have been in a traumatic accident.

Answer 8

I doubt we know the entire story of Pettigrew. However, to find out that one of your best friends is a Werewolf, and not blab about it, support him and even romp around with him while he's a Werewolf, suggests more that a bit of courage, regardless of what he later became..

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Answer 9

The sorting hat sorts a person by their potential, what they CAN become. I think Wormtail had the potential to be brave and strong, but in the end he was too weak to overcome Voldemort's dark power.

Answer 10

I think he used to show courage at the time. People change, especially him, after hogwarts.