Cornelius Fudge Character Analysis

The Minister of Magic, and Mr. Weasley’s boss. After the attacks on Muggle-borns continues at Hogwarts, Fudge is pressured by the school governors (primarily Lucius Malfoy) to “do something,” as he puts it. But instead of trying to figure out who actually opened the Chamber, he simply takes Hagrid away to Azkaban because Hagrid had been expelled for the same crime fifty years earlier, despite the fact that there is no evidence to indicate that Hagrid is the perpetrator this time. Thus, Fudge demonstrates the way in which leaders are more concerned with appearing to do the right thing rather than actually doing it. This is a sharp contrast to Harry, who is more concerned with doing the right thing than with trying to follow the rules and simply appearing to do the right thing.