Draco/Harry "friendship"?

[linlou43]

No: HPFGUIDX 67921

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ratalman" <ratalman at y...> 
wrote:
> I'm curious about the fact that Draco was interested in 
> befriending Harry when they first met on the train in SS.  Draco 
> told Harry that he could help him to make friends with the "right" 
> sort of people, and then he offered Harry his hand in friendship.  
> After Harry rejected that offer, Draco became unrelentingly 
hostile 
> to him.  I assume that Draco knew that Harry was not from a 
> pure-blood family, and yet he was willing to be Harry's friend or 
> benefactor.  I wonder what Lucius would have thought about a 
> friendship between Draco and Harry, should that have ever 
> occurred.  I also wonder how much Draco knew about his 
> father's involvement with the DE.

       I have two different theories regarding Draco's original 
overture of frienship to Harry.

      1. Lucius thought it would be a good idea to be in the good 
graces of the boy who lived and *encouraged* Draco to try to make 
friends.

      2. Draco wanted thye status that might go with being Harry's 
friend. Socially, quite a notch in his belt.


      just my two knuts- linlou