death to capslock

Here's a question, though. How much does Rowling view being a prefect or head boy or head girl as a good thing to be? Tom was an evil psychopath. Percy was a sycophantic toady (in Rowling's eyes). With a few exceptions, most of the characters who officially have power are undeserving of that power. They are either weak or evil. Ambition is not a positive trait in her world. Her heroes are nearly all renegades. They work outside of the law.