Malfoy's Redemption

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No: HPFGUIDX 25347

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:

  Whatever charitable impulses I  might have for a person like Draco, 
as a character in a narrative, JKR has created Draco without any good 
side.  There has been no  foreshadowing of his redemption in the books 
to date.>

I think there has been foreshadowing not necessarily of Draco's 
redemptiom, but of his inability to deal with tough situations.  He 
can't hang with the big boys, IMO.  Running from the Forbidden Forest, 
crying and moaning from a scratch (which he provoked) from Buckbeak, 
and always, ALWAYS running to Daddy are NOT signs of someone who could 
torture Muggles or wear the Dark Mark for all it signifies.  

I just thought of this:  perhaps Draco won't be redeemed and fight by 
Harry's side, but he may not turn to the Dark Side either.  I can see 
him losing his father and becoming bitter and angry, but not wanting 
to turn to Harry's side as a result.  Draco could be neither good nor 
bad; just someone damaged and unhappy.  He could end up being trapped 
in his own mind, his own Dementor.

--jenny from ravenclaw *********************************