Draco's POV? (Was: What we find there [behind the door] )--SPOILERS!!!

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 117339


SSSusan wrote:
> > > > 2) Draco's detour to visit daddy in Azkaban, perhaps?
> ><snip> 
> > 
> > ***kitten:
> > > secondly it would be to hard to do with the books being in 
Harry's 
> > > pov.... 
> > 
> > 
> > Siriusly Snapey Susan:
> > We have seen JKR depart from this previously, though.  The scene 
> > which comes to mind for me is Frank Bryce & the Riddles.
> > 
> 
> 
> Carol:
> True, but those chapters were at the beginning of the book, rather
> like the use in SS/PS chapter 1 of Vernon Dursley's POV and an
> objective (impersonal) narrator who couldn't enter *anybody's* 
mind in
> the scene with Dumbledore, McGonagall and Hagrid.
<snip, snip. snip>
> I don't know!! It just seems to me that JKR, having established 
Harry
> as her PoV character for the first five chapters (or second through
> fifth if she uses an objective narrator to take us back in time to
> Godric's Hollow in chapter one) is unlikely to switch to Draco as 
the PoV character for one chapter, or to use an impersonal narrator 
for a chapter devoted to him. The only way I can think of for us to 
hear his story is for Harry to witness it or overhear him talking 
about it.
> 
> Anyone else have any ideas how JKR could present Draco's story 
without departing drastically from previously established narrative 
techniques?

Hannah: No, I don't see how she could switch to Draco's POV without 
a drastic departure - but maybe she will do it anyway.  A few things 
about this chapter title interest me (I'm sorry if they've already 
been pointed out, I've been working away and have missed loads of 
posts).  Firstly, the use of 'Draco' instead of his surname.  Why 
not call it 'Malfoy's Meander?'  Harry never calls him Draco, so I 
wonder if this title is a sign that it concerns 'Draco' rather than 
Harry's perception of the character 'Malfoy.'

Secondly, there was a chapter that JKR discarded where Draco meets 
Nott.  I don't see how she could have done this from Harry's POV.  I 
doubt this chapter is a rehashing of that scene, otherwise I'm sure 
she wouldn't have put it on her website.  But it's interesting that 
she states she wanted to show how Draco behaved with someone that he 
didn't feel superior to.  Is it a sign that there is more to Draco 
than meets the eye, and that she was trying to show another side to 
him?

Before seeing this chapter title (a week after everyone else - why 
does she always wait until I'm busy to reveal something new?) I'd 
been sceptical about any chances of a redeemed Draco.  But now I 
feel a bit more optimistic that maybe JKR is taking the character to 
new places.  In book 5, Draco was marginalised, and he has played 
less and less of an important part throughout the 5 books, as more 
characters have been introduced and more things have been going on.  
Maybe in book 6 this is going to change, and Draco will be more 
important again, whether as a 'baddy' or a possible candidate for 
redemption.

JKR has also said we'll be seeing a lot more of Narcissa.  
Considering the Malfoys' current position, I can't see many 
opportunities for her to encounter Harry.  So perhaps our contact 
will be via Draco.  I don't think that they'll have got back to 
school - or even as far as the train - by chapter 6, even if the 
book is shorter than OotP. 

OTOH, I also think that the idea of Harry overhearing a 
conversation/ following Draco in some public place (probably Diagon/ 
Knockturn alley) and finding out some sort of information is quite 
likely.  Or could he dream it?  I doubt he'll go into Draco's mind, 
but what about if LV is involved?  I wish she'd just publish the 
book!

Hannah

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