[HPforGrownups] Draco/Dudley comparison (was: Character Summary: Malfoy Snr.)

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 9242

ABoyko at starchoice.com wrote:

>  I think of the Malfoys as the wizard equivalent of the
> Dursleys. They're going to get their comeuppance the same way the Dursleys
> have been getting theirs (ballooning aunts, ton-tongues).

This is an elegant structural observation.  After all, the major preoccupation
for both the Dursleys and the Malfoys is that they be grouped with "the right
sort."  And both Dursley and Draco act as Harry's nemesis, in the muggle world
and wizard world respectively.

What WOULD Draco and Dudley think of each other?  Draco's family hates Muggles,
but Draco and Dudley do have a lot in common.  They're both greedy, both
bullies, esp. toward Harry, etc.  Structural twins.  And both are the products
of their parents' and particularly their fathers' rotten values.  Perhaps they
would recognize each other as kindred spirits in a sick, twisted way.

Huh.  Good point, Angela.

Peg