Draco and Lucius (was: Harry and starvation)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 123805


Betsy asked:
> <snip> Is Draco spoiled?  I haven't really seen anything that shows
it.  
> Sure, he told Harry in PS/SS that he was going to bully his parents 
> into buying him a broom - but he didn't get one.  And in CoS, in the 
> one scene that we see Draco and Lucius interacting together, Lucius 
> refuses to buy Draco anything and lists out his failures in front of 
> the shop keeper.  I also note that Draco did not have any friends 
> with him at the Quiddich World Cup.  Draco can be petulant, and 
> emotional, but I'm not sure that he's actually spoiled. <snip>


Carol responds:
Well, I'd say that his mother *indulges* him, at least, sending him
sweets just about every day and wanting him near her (at Hogwarts
rahter than Durmstrang). Even his father, who pressures Draco to get
higher marks because it's disgraceful (in his view) for a Muggleborn
like Hermione to outperform him, buys the whole Slytherin team Nimbus
2001s when Draco becomes the new Seeker. So I'd say there's at least
*some* evidence that Draco is spoiled. And his behavior at Hogwarts
certainly indicates that he's used to getting his way. I don't,
however, think he'd get very far trying to "bully father."

Carol, who agrees with Betsy that Draco needs to learn to keep his
mouth shut