[HPforGrownups] Draco's fear of Voldemort

[Silent Screamer]

No: HPFGUIDX 134719


Rizza says
 
> If he truly had a desire to be a Death Eater and
> serve Voldemort, he 
> wouldn't have wasted a minute in trying to kill
> Dumbledore. Not only 
> that, but during his conversation with Dumbledore
> (on page 591 US 
> edition), Dumbledore says Voldemort, and "Draco
> winces at the sound 
> of the name." Also crying his eyes out in the girls'
> bathroom. And 
> more than once in the book mentioning how he had to
> do it, or LV 
> would kill him. And he was so close to giving into
> DD's words, and 
> I'm sure would have if the other Death Eaters hadn't
> shown up. Would 
> a true DE behave this way?

Silence says

In my opinion, I think this has to do with the fact
that Draco is very young still, in some ways. Yes, he
is almost of age when he is given the task, but Draco
seems to me like he was a very sheltered child, even
assuming that he grew up with a few Dark Objects
around his house. He isn't 'toughed' up in the way
Harry is. Think about it, he still has both his
parents, he grew up rich, he's gotten everything
handed to him on a silver platter...then suddenly, in
the course of a few months, EVERYTHING changes for
him. This in itself is not an easy thing to handle.

So taking this into consideration, and then add the
fact that he has been given an almost impossible
assignment to complete, yeah, it's a bit overwhelming
for him. Especially when you add in the fact that he
fears for not only his own life, but his mother's as
well.

I think, if the circumstances were different, he would
have fallen into the role of a DE more easily. If his
father hadn't gotten on LV's bad side, and wasn't in
Azkaban, Draco most likely would never have been
assigned the task of killing Dumbledore. If Draco had
first been assigned easier tasks to complete, I can
see him being very proud of his sucesses and slowly
taking things further and further until he is just
like his father.

The way things DID turn out though, I think there is
still a chance for Draco. Fear is a very sobering
thing, and maybe being thrown headfirst into the
situation he was thrown in will be enough to shock him
to reality and hopefully he has the chance to redeam
himself. No matter what Snape's movites were for being
the one to kill Dumbledore, the fact that Draco wasn't
the one to do it in the end is significant, I think.
Because of this, he has a chance.

~Silence, who is counting this as post 1 for Monday
considering it is 12:45 am where she is, and hope
others do too, as her 3 posts for Sunday are already
used up. Gah!


		
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