Is Draco's Character Arc complete?

[Inge]

No: HPFGUIDX 114592


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dzeytoun" <dzeytoun at c...> 
wrote:
I was thinking this morning about Draco.  Lot's of people have 
expressed dismay a the lack of development of his character.  JKR has 
expressed dismay at his popularity among fans.  Some have even 
speculated that JKR will kill him off in the next book just to squash 
what she sees as a perverse and unhealthy movement.
I don't think she would kill him off just for that reason, but I do 
wonder if Draco's usefulness to the story has rather run its course.  
He was, well, pathetic in OOTP.  After setting him up as a great 
rival with the prefect thing, he essentially disappears through most 
of the book and when he does appear again it's not easy to take him 
very seriously.  He still remains the same vicious child he was in 
Book I.  Although that served well for a villain in the first couple 
or three books, it's hard to see how he can figure large in a world 
of war and death and prophecies.
Simply put, it seems that either his character needs to develop, and 
fast, or he will lose what little relevance he has left to the story.
Dzeytoun

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Inge now:

I missed Draco in OOTP. He could've had more room. But to say that he 
can't figure large in a world of war - I don't agree.
Hopefully his hatred for Harry will come to show more in the next 
book. Draco has every reason (from his own point of view, that is) to 
hate Harry more than ever now that his dad has ended up in Azkaban - 
and I can easily see Draco planning some sort of evil revenge on 
Harry for that.
After all - some of his last words in OOTP to Harry were: "You're 
dead, Potter!" - and even though Harrys reply was meant to be joking -
 I do feel there's some promising meaning behind Dracos threat. 
There's more to Draco than what we saw in OOTP (hopefully).