Purely evil

[Sharon]

No: HPFGUIDX 118399


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "khinterberg" 
<khinterberg at y...> wrote:
> 
> This quote has interested me for some time now.
> 
> Q. Tom Houseman asked, "Do you think that anyone in real life is 
truly
> wholly evil like Draco Malfoy and Voldemort?"
> 
> A. Rowling said, "My instinct is to say that probably not, but I 
can t
> answer that question without ruining the series for you." Rowling 
said
> that in future books she will attempt to show "why Voldemort is who 
he
> is." 
> 
> The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
> 
> 16 October 1999 
> 
> Is she telling us that neither Voldemort nor Draco are completely
> evil? I like to think so, because it would make the plot and 
character
> development so interesting.  I'm not a fan of black and white 
goodness
> and evil, and I like to think of this quote as showing us, the fans,
> that Jo doesn't either, even for her "evil" characters.
> 
> khinterberg


I kind of think it could go either way.  I mean, if JKR said "Why, 
yes.  There are people in life who are purely evil from Day One and 
that's that", then you'd have the possibility that Draco or Lucius or 
Voldy are pure evil.

If you had JKR saying "No, no one can be pure evil" then you've got 
fans who say "Look!  There's hope for those three yet!"

Either way she answers, she's toast.

--azriona