Harry the Saviour? (was Re: A quote, and RE: Potter

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 37381

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:

> I agree with what you are saying about Pettigrew and Judan Iscariot 
but I have to wonder why you don't see Draco Malfoy as being 
redeemed?  

Oh, I see it all right. I just don't like it. I don't find Draco a 
very interesting character, and wish Rowling wouldn't waste much more 
space on him. I was sick in bed all yesterday, and after my brothers 
went to school, I dragged myself to the next bedroom where another 
sick brother was listening to Jim Dale reading Prisoner of Azkaban. 
We spent the whole day lying on the bed and drifting in and out of 
HP, while kicking back ginger ale and feeling terrible. However, we 
began to make comments on Draco's comebacks. "That was a really bad 
one. Does he think he's funny?" And, as I had always suspected, Draco 
came off badly. He's plain not funny, most of the time. Sure, he gets 
a few good lines insulting Hagrid, but against Ron?

If I never read another scene like this again, it'll be too soon.

Draco: "YEAH! You're so poor you probably don't know what a house is."

The kid is like a broken record machine. No wit. No inventiveness. He 
didn't even invent the line in the beginning, I would guess, judging 
by its important place in Lucius Malfoy's repartory. Half of Draco's 
conversation seems to consist of variations on that theme. 

>I personally find Draco to be a very tragic character in HP, why?  I 
feel sorry for the guy.  I mean it's obvious that his father is a 
horrible man who in many ways is abusing his son, or it's definitely 
>implied as such.

I don't think it's implied at all. If you go through the archives, 
you can find lots on this topic. Just type in draco and abuse, but I 
think all the evidence points to the opposite. 

Eileen