Will Draco come back? & Character development

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 81955

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:

> Draco continues to be one-dimensional, seemingly influenced only by 
> Lucius and his pure-blood indoctrination. Yet this character is the 
> proverbial gold mine waiting to be dicovered--I want to see some 
> rebellion!

I disagree that Draco has been frozen. He has developed into a
virtually unchallenged leader in Slytherin. Look at his campaign to
discredit Harry in GoF (Potter stinks badges) and to discredit Ron in
OoP (Weasley is our King). Sure, he is a nasty piece of work and has
always been, but this does not mean he has not changed. At the end of
OoP we definitely see a different Draco. Gone is the self confident,
sneering Draco. We see a vindictive angry one instead. As I see it,
the arrest of his father (whom he clearly admires, whether or not he
had been mistreated by him sometimes) has made Draco choose
Voldemort's side (if he hasn't already - his ending remarks in GoF
seem to indicate that he has made his choice long ago).

I expect Draco to continue in the direction of the leader of the
pro-Voldemort movement in Hogwarts. He may end up leading a "junior
DE" type organization, set in conflict with Harry's DA.

> But not Draco. So either that's all we're going to get, or there will 
> be a bang towards the end when Draco finally breaks free from 
> Lucius.  I'm voting for that one!

I don't think so. It would be so out of character, and also would make
the plot a lot less interesting in my mind. The end of OoP marked the
start of the second WW war. In a war you have two or more sides. That
war is bound to be reflected within the school. Just like the DA is
the seed of the forces of the good side within Hogwarts, I think
Umbridge's IS (Inquisitorial Squad - led by Draco) will develop into
the seed of the pro-Voldemort force. I think that leading that force
is the role that Draco is set up for.

Salit