A Good Slytherin? (Was: Forever Wicked?)

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 74621

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John" 
> I believe someone like Draco, for example, does not). From there, 
it's just
> a matter of opinion which side you believe he's on. At least until 
Book 6
> when he joins Dumbledore's Army. ;-)  (Of course, if it turns out 
you were
> right all along, then he'll also be the one who betrays 
Dumbledore's Army
> in Book 7). <g>
> 
> :-)
> Wendy

I've come to the conclusion that there is going to be some sort of 
redemption/salvation for Draco. He comes from a dreadful family, 
which he can't help, but he can help the decisions he makes. I think 
that the point of these books is that it is our decisions that make 
us who we are, and that people deserve 2nd chances. These themes are 
pointed out again and again. Most of us would hate to think that a 
boy born to a nasty family is doomed to be as evil as his parents. 
Sirius is a good parallel. Totally different from the rest of his 
family. There are so many parallel characters that we see in these 
stories that it would make sense for Draco to be paralleled with 
either James, who changed his bully ways by his seventh year, or 
with Sirius, who "rose above" his family's prejudices.

Karen