[HPforGrownups] Re: Draco is Evil

[tillrules at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25183

In a message dated 8/30/2001 12:14:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
cassandraclaire at mail.com writes:

<< Would Draco stop to think that Hagrid has very little life outside 
 Hogwarts, or would he just think of him as a teacher he hates, who is 
 buddy-buddy with his worst enemy? Of Draco's various actions, that 
 one doesn't strike me as the worst. Possibly this is because I don't 
 much like Hagrid either. He really *isn't a very good CoMC teacher. I 
 do think this falls under the category of nasty, malicious, but not 
 exactly evil behavior as far as Draco is concerned. I maintain he's a 
 child under the sway of his parents and probably doesn't think these 
 things through. >>

Again, I think he would.  I see Draco as a schemer who does things to hurt 
people.  Some large (like Hagrid), some small (like the rumors with Rita 
Skeeter).  I do see the Hagrid thing as pretty unforgivable.  He knows, 
through his father, Hagrid's history.  I think all of the characters know how 
important the job is to Hagrid.  I think trying to sabatoge Hagrid's class 
may have been little more than a prank, but to continue an ongoing charade of 
injury so that his father could have Hagrid removed, certainly qualifies as a 
planned attempt to hurt Hagrid.  And to me, its things like that that show 
exactly how evil this kid is.

Again, redemption is in theory possible, but JKR is goign ot have some 
serious work ahead of her to make me like the character.  I find him to be 
contemptible and out and out evil, rather than simply being a snotty little 
s**t.