Is Draco afraid of Lucius?

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 33475

 "ms_superhero" (Elise) wrote:
> Anyway, about Draco and his motivations, I agree that Lucius Malfoy 
> is a nasty piece of work, but I'm not entirely convinced that Draco 
> is really afraid of him (or rather, that he's afraid of upsetting 
> him more than any other child is afraid of upsetting their 
> parents).  His character appears to be based more on the spoiled 
> brat model than the frightened child....

Great post, Elise!  I agree completely with what you said.

I want to add that when we first meet Draco (in Madam Malkin's Robe 
Shop) he says something like "I'm going to bully my father into buying 
me a racing broom."  Now, we don't know for a fact that he has to 
"bully" Lucius to get a broom, but he does in fact get the broom out 
of his father; in fact, he gets 7 of the best brooms on the market, 
and with them a place on the Slytherin Quidditch team.

This definitely sounds like Draco is spoiled, not scared.  If Draco 
was supposed to be scared of Lucius, I don't think JKR would have 
started off with Draco saying he planned to bully Lucius, in his very 
first scene. 

-- Judy