[HPforGrownups] Re: Malfoy's Redemption

[Snyder, Meri]

No: HPFGUIDX 25440

Hi, I am new to this list. I wanted to comment about the last e-mail.  

I think you have a point, but I here is another senario.  We know that Draco
is a spoiled rich boy who looks after his own satisfaction before others.
But looking at the scene in CoS where Draco and his father are in Knockturn
Alley, we can see that Draco's father puts a lot of pressure on him.  This
may be a foreshadowing clue into why Malfoy is the way he is as well as
provide some sympathy for him (no matter how small).  It also maybe that
Draco doesn't turn to the dark side out of spite for his father.  Teenaged
agnst can be pretty awful especially for a father who isn't ever pleased
with what you do.

Just something to think about.

Leslie

-----Original Message-----
From: meboriqua at aol.com [mailto:meboriqua at aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 9:46 PM
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Malfoy's Redemption


--- 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 *********************************



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