Harry's Summer Holidays Post Voldy

[Steve Bates]

No: HPFGUIDX 853

I think I have very similar thoughts about Draco's character changing 
a lot in the next book; I'm pretty sure I mentioned something about 
it back at Yahoo.  Basically, I think we have seen depressingly 
little indication that Draco will "reform" but I think if he is ever 
going to improve as a person, the turning point will be *now*.
In my opinion, Lucius might not dare come home at all, for fear that 
Dumbledore will come after him, and without his father's influence or 
protection, Draco is almost definitely going to have to clean up his 
act.  If Lucius's support of Voldemort becomes well known, I doubt 
Draco is going to be liked or even tolerated at Hogwarts, especially 
if people make the connection between him and Cedric's death.  I can 
even foresee people openly hating and/or harrassing Draco, Crabbe, 
Goyle, and any other children of Death Eaters (taste of their own 
medicine after the whole "mudblood" thing), and this, if anything, 
might teach Draco some humility.

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Peg Kerr <pkerr06 at a...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Trina wrote:
> 
> I cannot remember if this has been brought up before since we are
> 
> > such a prolific group, but I was wondering about this earlier and
> > thought I'd ask y'all's opinion.
> >
> > Do the Dursley's have *any* idea what happened to Harry with 
Voldy in
> > the graveyard at the end of term? They are always so ugly to him,
> > even though lately it has been tempered with fear.  Would 
Dumledore
> > have sent an owl to explain what transpired as well as a command 
to
> > behave themselves around Harry?  By "behaving" I mean being at 
least
> > superficially decent.  After all, Harry survived a situation which
> > would have left any of them wetting their britches in terror.  
And it
> > is apparent that the whole experience will haunt him for a long
> > while.  He does have a tendency to brood about things, a trait 
that
> > is understandable given his history.   And his feeling responsible
> > for Cedric's death gives him much to brood about.
> >
> > Been brooding about this for awhile myself...
> >
> > Trina
> >
> 
> I've been thinking about this, too, Trina, and I can't help that 
this summer
> is going to be different for Harry.  Specifically, I think that what
> happened to Harry has aged him, and that after facing Voldemort, I 
think he
> will act less like a child who obeys than an adult who says 
coldly, "No, I
> don't think so," when Uncle Vernon tells him how high to jump.  
After what
> he's been through, I just see him putting up with much from the 
Dursleys.
> 
> What also has really struck me is how different Draco's summer 
holiday might
> be.  I think Draco might really be at a similar turning point.  
Cornelius
> Fudge might not believe it, but Lucius Malfoy has really gone back 
to
> Voldemort, now.  Draco might have sneered at H, R and Hr about 
Cedric's
> death, but when he goes back home, he's going to be facing parents 
(or at
> least a father) who are working actively to promote the dark 
powers.  Will
> what he sees this summer shake him up a little?  Will he start 
having second
> thoughts about his loyalties?  Will Daddy maybe have a little less 
time to
> pay attention to Dudley because he's started murdering people?  How 
will
> that make Draco feel?
> 
> And what will Draco be like when HE comes back to Hogworts?  Even 
more
> swaggering and sneering?  Or . . . maybe, a bit thoughtful and 
quieter, and
> not so quick to sneer?
> 
> Comments?