Malfoy's Redemption

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No: HPFGUIDX 25365

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> 
> It's all very well to compare Draco to Snape, but in fact we know
> a heckuva lot more about Draco's background than we do about
> Snape's.  That's easy because we know practically zippo about
> Snape's before he came to Hogwarts. [snippage] In Draco's case the
> background is established and we have to work forward from it. 
> And so far his background plus his words and actions don't
> suggest any "handles" that might pull him over onto the good
> guys' side.
 
It's true that we don't know much about Snape's background.  We do 
know, however, that he reformed after becoming a Death Eater.  This 
implies that he went rather far in the other direction before coming 
back to the Dumbledore side.  If Draco is ever redeemed, it may not 
be through a relationship with Harry, Ginny, Hermione or anyone in 
particular.  It may come about from exposure to extreme evil (perhaps 
through his dad) to the extent that he recoils in horror and turns 
over a new leaf.  Who knows what Snape was required to do as a Death 
Eater, or what he saw others do?  I'm waiting for a scene in which 
Draco Malfoy, on his way to redemption, wanders about muttering, "The 
horror...the horror..."

--Barb