OoP: Has Anyone Seen Redeemable Draco???

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 66912

<<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, fairecher at a... wrote: The 
odds seem against Draco ever turning out well...I wouldn't say I 
really feel too sorry for him, but I really do like to try to analyze 
people(and characters in books!)...Something I find interesting was 
that when Draco first met Harry he seemed to have been trying to be a 
friend to Harry in his very crude way.  But Harry rejected Draco 
(rightly) when Draco insulted Ron and his family! Draco doesn't have 
anyone who really likes him, and he seems to have been raised to 
believe that being liked isn't important...Lucius is a horrible 
parent, and I assume that Narcissa is just as bad.  A moment I keep 
coming back to was from the CoS movie, although I realize that things 
in the movies aren't necessarily "canonical". When Draco falls off 
his broom during the quidditch game, Lucius looks humiliated and not 
at all concerned that his son might have been hurt.  That look on 
Lucius' face seems to sum up this father/son relationship completely 
to me!>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says:

The movie version of the senior Malfoy vs. Weasley contretemps shows 
the same thing; one of the DVD 'extras' shows the Borgin and Burkes 
scene as another example of frigid parenting.

In fact, Draco is the only character in canon who can give Harry a 
run for his money in the matter of psychological deprivation in 
childhood. (Even Neville knows his grandmother loves him, scary 
though she may be.)

I can't see him 'redeemed', but I can see him making a 'good' choice 
just to destroy his father.

A three-dimensional Draco is such a great counterpoint to Harry. I 
hope JKR puts the guts back into him.

--JDR