Draco as leader and bigot (was:Re: Scapegoating Slytherin - The Moral Majority)

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No: HPFGUIDX 144469

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03"
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

> Betsy Hp:
> Because calling Hermione a mudblood was not a natural instinct for 
> Darco.  In the first book he completely ignored her, choosing to 
> pick on Neville Longbottom (the pureblood) instead.  

When he meets Harry at Madam Malkins he immediately wants to find out
if Harry's parents were the right kind and thinks that they should not
let the other sort go to Hogwarts. 

It is far easier to pick on Neville then on Hermione. Before the troll
incident it is clear that she is cleverer than he is, and after that
she has friends too which makes her even less attractive as a target. 

He picks on Hermione in CoS because she comments that he bought his
position as the Slytherin seeker, which ofcourse is true but nothing
he wants to be reminded of. He snaps out and that the insult which
comes to him naturally is mudblood makes it clear to me that he is
quite the little racist. I don't see much change in him either. 

Gerry