Wherefore Art Thou Draco

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 37926

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidi tandy <heidit at n...> wrote:
> I think that there would be no argument here with the
> following sentence: Draco has emulated or mimicked
> Lucius behaviour or thinking on various issues.

Definitely not argument there.  When we meet Lucius in CoS, his 
insults to Arthur are remarkably similar to Draco's insults to Ron.  
And nobody is born being a racist snob, so it's pretty clear Draco 
is following in Daddy's footsteps.

> think that Harry was to blame. And on the train, he's
> repearing a *fact* about Cedric - he was the first to
> be killed now that the Dark Lord's returned. It's
> true. He was. And everything else Draco says there is
> also true. Muggle-borns and those who support Muggles
> and Muggle-born witches and wizards *are* the most in
> danger now that Voldemort has returned. And Harry
> would probably have less threats to his life if he'd
> accepted Draco's hand in friendship. The style is
> sneering and nasty. The sentences are all completely
> true.

I know they're true.  That, IMO, is precisely what makes Draco's 
behavior in that scene so atrocious.  If he was simply engaging in 
empty posturing, I'd be more willing to dismiss it.  But Cedric 
really is dead; Ron and Hermione really are targets for future 
killings.  And Draco *gloats* about it.  I find it nauseating, and 
the truth of what he's saying is what makes it nauseating.


Marina
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