Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. (But not sympathetic)

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>>Alla:
> I will give a bit more credit to fifteen year old that being a mere 
parrot of his parents ideology.<
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Betsy:
Why?  What's so magic about the age fifteen that Draco should 
suddenly start questioning his parent's beliefs?  In the real world 
most kids don't question until they're thrown into a completely new 
world - like college.  Ron doesn't question his parent's belief 
system, why should Draco?

>>Alla:
>And I think the fact that Hermione is muggle born is a very 
important reason of why Draco hates her.<
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Betsy:
No, Draco doesn't hate her 'cause she's muggle born.  He pretty much 
ignores her through out PS/SS, IIRC.  In CoS, Lucius tells Draco, in 
front of a stranger, no less, that he's too stupid to get better 
grades than Hermione, a Muggle born.  The scene leaves the impression 
that Draco has heard this before.  So a resentment starts to build.

Then there's the scene where Draco is introduced as the new Slytherin 
Seeker.  The two Quidditch teams are faced off against each other, 
the usual insults are exchanged.  Then suddenly Hermoine sticks her 
nose in (you *know* she dragged Ron into it) where it doesn't 
belong.  She's not on the team; this is not her battle.  But Hermione 
has a hard time staying out of things and so she accuses Draco of 
buying his way onto the team.  That's a pretty damn personal insult.  
Before, the insults where fairly generic - my broom's better than 
yours, etc.  Hermione though, takes the insults to a whole new level 
and attacks Draco directly.

It's after this that Draco really starts going after Hermione 
personally.  She's a girl, so he's not going to physically attack 
her.  He doesn't know much about her background like he does Ron's, 
so he can't go after her family.  What he does have is the bigotry 
his parent's have taught him.  So that's the direction he takes.

I'm not saying Draco is right to call Hermione the names he does.  
He's being incredibly rude, and frankly a bit dull witted for him. (I 
wonder why he doesn't come up with better attacks?)  But it is a 
*personal* dislike brought on by his father and Hermione herself.

 
>>Alla:
>Where did JKR show us that Harry was wrong about Draco? (Except 
Draco being a Slytherin heir of course - sorry)<
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Betsy:
Well, Harry thinks Draco is the big evil and that he deserves all the 
hits he gets.  JKR, by way over doing the pay-back Draco suffers, 
seems to suggest that he doesn't.   Harry also saw Draco as a big 
threat (until the end of OotP), but every single effort Draco makes 
against him fails spectacularly.  And Harry thinks that Draco is a 
wizard version of Dudley.  JKR shows us that Draco most certainly is 
not.  (Draco not being the Slytherin heir *is* a big hint that the 
Trio do not have a clear view of him.)

Betsy