Draco's redemption - reprise

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No: HPFGUIDX 107231

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "brewpub44" <brewpub44 at e...> 
wrote:
> Some time ago, I posted my own personal theory which, well, I kind of like:
> 
> Draco likes being the leader of the bullying group. The grand poobah of all that is slimey at Hogwarts.
> 
> Along comes LV, to whom the elder Malfoy has not only pledged his 
> allegiance but is subservient to.
> 
> Now, if Draco became a DE, he too would be under LV's thumb, a rotten  place to be no matter whether you're a "good guy" or "bad guy."
> 
> So, I would like to see Draco help Harry, not because Draco turns 
> over a new leaf and is redeemed, but because Draco doesn't want to be a slave to LV like dear old Dad.


Ultimately I have to disagree with those who forsee Draco being 
redeemed. In chapter 32 of OOTP, when Draco and Umbridge have caught 
Harr and co. attempting to contact Sirius Draco seems to have no 
problem following Umbridge's orders and JKR describes him as 
having "a hungry expression on his face" (p.658)and facial 
expressions reflecting "eagerness and greed" (p.660). These features 
are repeated after being used to describe Umbridge.

JKR uses parts of characters and the plot as analogies to history. 
Not so much to individual events but to patterns in history. The 
House Elf Liberation Front (ch 21 in GoF) and SPEW parallel to the 
events of the emancipation of serf and peasents in Europe several 
centuries ago and to more modern liberation movements in the third 
world (such as in Nicargua. Umbridge and her cronies reflect both 
fascism and the brutality of the Spanish Inquistion. 

Additionally, I think Draco will have some protection from LV being 
Lucius Malfoy's son. Not a lot but I think he would be able to fast 
track his DE career.

How likely is it that Draco will transform into the leader of  the 
revolt or rebellion aginst DE, the corrupt elements of the ministry? 
It could have been an interesting plot development but I think JKR 
has decided to use the HBP instead. 

I think the battle JKR will depict will be quite major and that 
requires the DE to have considerable forces. 

That doesn't mean I don't think that other DE children may refuse to 
join LV. 

The role Draco played in the Inquistion Squad undermined Dumbledore 
at the school and attempted to undermine the school itself. So for 
all the fanfictioners out there who make Draco Head Boy I think it 
is unlikely. So Ron's aspirations from PS/SS of being Head Boy may 
come true!

Keara