possible Draco clue

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 124667


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alex boyd" <alex51324 at h...> 
wrote:
> I've been following with interest the discussion on whether or not 
Draco is 
> Lame, Sympathetic, and/or Doomed.

imamommy:
Me, too :)

Alex:
.  I'm not saying he *will* turn out to 
> have hidden depths, but if he *does* I bet it's not going to be a 
Sudden 
> Change of Heart, but rather a revelation that there's been More To 
Him All 
> Along.
> 
> I also can't quite take my mind off the school motto....the thingy 
about not 
> tickling a sleeping dragon....but I think that's fairly likely to 
be an 
> Evans.
> 
> Alex

I had kind of an epipahany about Draco today.  Whatever else he might 
be, I think he's kind of an antithesis to Ron, not to Harry.  Here 
are my comparisons, and contrasts, that lead me to think the two  
correspond to one another in the context of the plot:
1.  Draco and Ron are both pureblood.
2.  Ron has a warm, loving, large, family on a tight budget.  Draco 
has a cold, distanced, small family on the wizarding equivalent of 
JKR's stock portfolio.
3.  Both boys tried to befriend Harry.  Draco even set himself up as 
a sort of rival to Ron.  Harry chose to be Ron's friend; he became 
his best friend.  Draco became his personal school bully.
4.  Ron crushes on Hermione; Draco despises her.
5.  Ron and Draco's fathers also have a history of being pitted 
against one another.
6.  Ron reacts more strongly to Draco's bullying than Harry or 
Hermione (IMO).  Then Draco launches a massive bully campaign against 
Ron in OOP.  Ron overcomes it to become a brilliant goalkeeper in the 
last quidditch match in the book.
7.  Ron is depicted as brave and willing to sacrifice himself; Draco 
is depicted as somewhat cowardly and self-preserving.


What's my point?  Well, I'm not sure.  I was hoping maybe you all 
could help me connect the dots.  I suspect either an alliance between 
them, or a showdown, or both.  One other thing, about what Ron saw in 
the Mirror of Erised:  pure speculation, but I think that Draco might 
have seen something similar, finally rising above everyone to impress 
his father.  Quidditch Captain and Head Boy to boot.

So why is Draco not a worthy match for Harry?  Because he only needs 
to be a match for Ron.

imamommy