QUESTION!!!!

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 112019

"theredshoes86" <ballerinalaura at m...> wrote:
> in GoF, Draco Malfoy says to Harry on the train ride back:
> "'You've picked the losing side, Potter!  I warned you!  I told 
> you you ought to choose your company more carefully, remember?  
> When we met on the train, first day at Hogwarts?  I told you not 
> to hang around with riffraff like this!'  He jerked his head at 
> Ron and Hermione.  'Too late now, Potter!  They'll be the first to 
> go, no the Dark Lord's back!  Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers 
> first! ..."  (p 729, hardcover)
> 
> why, WHY, would Draco want to become friends with Harry?  It is 
> obvious that he wants Harry on his side, but to me, that does not 
> make sense.  why would he want Harry Potter, the guy, the Dark 
> Lord's downfall, as his friend?  when his own father despises 
> Harry Potter?
 

SSSusan:
For the same reason that, when picking sides for dodgeball, you 
choose the strongest kid first?  

Whether he wishes it were so or not, Draco *knows* that Harry 
managed to bring down Voldy in a way no one ever had before.  Draco 
likely knows *nothing* about Lily's sacrifice--he just knows 
there's "something about Harry" that almost finished off the 
strongest wizard around.  HARRY'S POWERFUL, in Draco's eyes, and he 
would love to tempt the powerful kid onto his team.

Siriusly Snapey Susan