Compassion for Draco?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 16566

Amanda:"About the only shred of possibility I've seen for this is 
Draco's reaction in book 1, in the Forbidden Forest, when he ran 
screaming from the thing drinking the unicorn blood. That might have 
been the first time he'd really confronted a truly evil thing, and he 
was terrified and fled. However, given that that was in book 1, and 
he's still a nasty little *hmmm* through the end of book 4, I don't 
think the scare acted as any sort of real deterrent or wake-up call."

True, and he's show himself to be a little coward since then, too. 
OTOH, the Forbidden Forest scene is small-time compared to some of the 
stuff he's likely to see.  

If anything changes him it won't be something that scares him for his 
own pale ***, it will be something that basically grosses him out and 
really brings home to him this is all about pain, death, and terror. 
It might be something he's asked or expected to participate in. He 
might not have developed enough sadism at that age that he likes it. 
(what they used to call "wet work") I don't really expect it to 
happen, but for those who would like Draco to be saved, I don't see 
another chance for him.