The good Slytherin

dumbledore11214 dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 24 22:23:17 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 131389

> >>Alla: 
> >It may be unfair to think of the whole house when I only hear 
> Draco, but again, I have not met other Slytherins yet, not really.<
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Exactly!  It's just as fair to judge Slytherin solely by Draco's 
> actions as it is to judge Gryffindor soley by, for example, how we 
> saw Percy acting in OotP, or by Hermione's actions with regards to 
> the Hogwarts house-elves (trying to trick them into their freedom).

Alla:

OK, Betsy I feel like we are arguing in circles.

I am OPEN to the idea of good Slytherin, really. I just do not see 
how Harry can have a better opinion of Slytherins , if all what he 
saw is Draco and his chronies.

I am only objecting to the idea that Harry is biased to the 
Slytherins he saw. I AGREE with you that Harry did not see all 
Slytherins yet, I just disagree that  what he has a twisted POV as to 
what he already saw.

 
> Betsy Hp:
<SNIP>
 But he did and does have huge negative thoughts towards 
> Slytherin.  And Draco fulfilled his worst imaginations.  But since 
> Draco *is* Slytherin to Harry, no other view point stood a chance.  
> And as such, we've not heard from a single other Slytherin *except* 
> for Draco.  And it's a bit much to judge an entire house based on 
> one member, IMO. 



Alla:

I think you have my train of thought backwards.

I do not believe that Harry was predisposed to dislike Slytherin 
BEFORE he met Draco. I believe that Harry dislikes Slytherins BECAUSE 
he met Draco and THAT I believe is a very rational thing to do.

Again, I AGREE  that Harry will see  that not all Slytherins are as 
bad as Draco is, but for now in my mind Draco is the typical 
representative of House Slytherin simply because I did not see 
anything to the contrary.

Well, no, I guess the fact that some Slytherins drank to Cedric's 
memory could be seen as good sign, but it could also be seen as them 
being scared of Dumbledore. 

 
JMO,

Alla.






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