10 Worst Decisions Harry Potter Ever Made

6. Protecting Peter Pettigrew

Harry Potter Cho Chang necking
Warner Bros.

Harry is a naturally compassionate person, and that is in no way a negative quality. However, his decision to spare Peter Pettigrew's life was one of his more misguided. At the end of the Prisoner of Azkaban, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black corner Pettigrew and intend to kill him, before Harry stops them.

It was an act based on a selfish need for knowledge. Harry wanted to know why Pettigrew betrayed his parents, but it was also to stop Sirius and Lupin becoming murderers when they were good people. However, this choice led to Pettigrew escaping and joining the Death Eaters. If Harry had let them kill him, Voldemort would not have been resurrected and, subsequently, kill and torment everyone in Harry's life.

It was a poor decision that led to the deaths of Cedric Diggory, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Fred Weasley and countless others who died because of Voldemort's second attack on the wizard world. Harry could not have foreseen the full consequences, nevertheless, he should have trusted the older, more experienced wizards.

In this post: 
Harry Potter
 
Posted On: 
Contributor
Contributor

If you have clicked on here, get ready to be bored. I'm just a 20 year old white male who has a (probably) unhealthy obsession with pop culture Film and TV. Handy in a trivia game but not much else. My parents were never murdered, I'm not avenging my dead wife. Just plain, old sat at a computer with a head full of knowledge I mostly don't use I was born and raised in the Black Country near Birmingham, England however am now living in Manchester, England after I moved here two years ago. I currently attend the University of Salford, studying Broadcast Journalism. That's it really. Told you there was nothing special. If you're really that desperate for something to do, follow me on socials. Yes, I do like that ego boost.