Snape's treatment of Draco/ Snape's Motivations

[Anne R Urbanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 47430

Hello, I just finished reading GoF to my 6-year-old daughter 2 nights ago
(and am already in withdrawal waiting for Book 5!!) so I'm just starting to
read the messages for this group, which I joined about a week ago. It's
wonderful to see such terrific GROWNUP discussion of the Harry Potterverse:-)

Shane Dunphy wrote:
>My own feelings about it are that Snape at 
>times sees similarities between himself and Draco. There has been some 
>speculation on the list that Draco is emotionally neglected, and I tend to 
>agree with this. His two closest friends, Crabbe and Goyle are probably not 
>the most popular among the Slytherin class. He seems to be very needy, and 
>covers this up with a formulated superiority complex. He also has a 
>penchant for cruelty. Don't we see these behaviours in Snape himself?
>

Draco seems to have a lot of characteristics of a classic bully. But since
he himself isn't particularly big, he likes/needs to have beefy kids like
Crabbe and Goyle around because their size makes them good potential
goons/enforcers (and being from a posh background himself, perhaps he
doesn't want to get his own knuckles bloody). We also know, from the final
chapters of GoF, that the fathers of both Crabbe and Goyle are Death
Eaters, as is Lucius Malfoy. And it's obvious when Harry first encounters
them at Hogwarts that Draco and the younger Crabbe and Goyle already are
friends..though I've wondered what that friendship consists of, besides
laughing at people they consider inferior and puffing themselves up in
order to seem threatening. 

Also wanted to know if anyone can tell me if any Gryffindor grads besides
Peter Pettigrew went to the Dark Side (or where I can find this info).

Anne Urbanski
Madison, WI, USA
(and probable H/H shipper... but that's another topic AND list!)


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