QUESTION!!!! (Draco and Harry)

[dcgmck]

No: HPFGUIDX 112058

> > ~theredshoes86:

[snip]
> I think the motivation for making friends with Harry was probably 
> completely motivated by his father's instructions.  First, in the 
> world of politics it is the acceptable thing to do.  Lucius, 
however would have had a completely different second agenda.  The 
ability to deliver to LV the boy he has sought to destroy on a silver 
platter would be a lot easier if hanging out at Malfoy Manor was 
something the Boy Who Lived did on a regular basis!  Imagine the rise 
in stature among the DEs that would have brought good old Lucius.
> 
> Lady McBeth

dcgmck:
Hm... I wasn't under the impression that Draco knew Harry's identity 
when they were being measured for robes at Madame Malkin's.  At that 
point he was just a young boy about to start school who may have been 
practicing some of the pollitical schmoozing he had seen his father 
doing with adults.

Even on the Hogwarts Express, Draco may have simply been seeking to 
add the most prestigious name on the train to his personal circle.  
Lucius Malfoy had not made any attempts to find or assist Voldemort 
at this point.  In fact, there is still a question of the senior 
Malfoy's loyalties and personal agenda even after LV returns, which 
the Dark Lord notes at that initial graveyard convocation.

Draco is, in fact, much easier to read than his father.  Draco has 
declared war on Harry for being instrumental in Lucius' 
imprisonment.  Though Lucius has modeled subtlety for Draco, all the 
younger Malfoy has managed to acquire up till now is sneakiness to go 
with his open contempt.