Was Draco trying to kill Harry? Was:What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 101267

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Alla:
> 
> Draco knew that Harry was terrified of the Dementors. I think it is 
> reasonable to assume that he thought that Harry was terrified of 
mere 
> sight of them . After all, we don't know  how well he studied 
> Dementors.
> 
> 
> Also, I would not say "mere sight of someone in Dementors Robes", 
> but "sight of the dementors", because Harry did think that they 
were 
> real Dementors.


Geoff:
My take on this is that, already, Draco had attempted to make capital 
from the train incident and make Harry look small, to make him look 
weak , to get the opportunity to sneer at him and I believe this was 
another attempt to unsettle him to the extent that something happens -
 for example, Gryffindor lose the match because their Seeker is 
distracted. He obviously got the result he wanted but, I suspect not 
in the way he expected. Draco likes to look big, he likes to be the 
Godfather with his retinue of gormless heavies and likes to come out 
with these gangster type comments...

"But I know one thing: last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a 
Mudblood died. So I bet it's only a matter of time before one of 
them's killed this time... I hope it's Granger" (COS "The Polyjuice 
Potion" p.167 UK edition)

'Malfoy glanced around - Harry knew he was checking for signs of 
reachers - then he looked back at Harry and said in a low 
voice, "You're dead, Potter." (OOTP "The Second War Beins" p.749 UK 
edition)