The Present for Lucius Malfoy

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Doesn't Rowling say in a number of places that Malfoy as a high position in the MoM? Draco doesn't miss a chance to rub this in when he heckles Ron. 'My father is Senior and associates with the important people in the ministry; Your father is junior <snort> and runs an unimportant department... '

I always had the impression that Lucius very skillfully managed to manuever is way into an important position in the Ministry, hence his ability to wield influence over people. It is not about money, but about pride, position, and respectability. His conversation with his son is CoS indicates that he DOES indeed expect Draco to do something with himself. (Though I suspect that Art School or professional bongo playing are not what he as in mind....)

People like Lucius, who value rank and position, are often very hardworking (even workaholics), and greatly skilled at working the system-- but have strong ideas about what kind of work enhances their position, versus that which is beneath them. It is not about money.

I cannot picture him as headmaster-- he is not an educator-- but I think he will be back as one of the governors, due to his influence over Fudge, and I suspect that life for muggle students is about to become more perilous....


--Suzanne



--- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidi <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> wrote:
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> Magda Grantwich wrote:
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> > Real-To:  Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...>
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> > >Failing that, Headmaster Malfoy??
> > >-- Dave
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> > Wouldn't that be too much like a real job?  And aren't the Malfoys
> > above taking real jobs?  A bit of a social comedown.
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> I don't understand why people are so convinced that Lucius Malfoy doesn't have a "job" of some sort, either running a few corporations (the Daily Prophet itself in my universe), writing didactic books published by little radical publishing
> houses, etc. No, I don't think he heads up any department at the Ministry, and if he had any job within the government (at elast after age 30) other than Ambassador, I'd be shocked, but Headmaster, Publisher, CEO, Grandson of a Smuggler (oh,
> wait, no that was JFK...) ....all completely probable.