Why did Draco do it?

[rlai1977]

No: HPFGUIDX 126419



Are we allowed to reply to a post that is roughly one month old? Anyway...

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Julia" <jolka55 at p...> wrote:
> 
> I've just reread a few first chapters of PS/SS and there is one 
> think I can't stop thinking about.
> 
> Why did Malfoy then, in the train, came into Harry's compartment? He 
> didn't do it just to take a look at Potter but he intended to have 
> him on his side. What for?
> I can't think of any good explanation... Did Lucius tell him to do 
> this? or he was just curious?
<snip>

Actually we do have a definite answer to Draco's intent there... 
>From JK Rowling interview transcript, The Connection (WBUR Radio), 12
October, 1999:

Malfoy, yeah, him. I read the first book at camp and how did Malfoy
feel so strongly against him in the first book?

JKR: Why does Malfoy dislike Harry so much in the first book?

Yes.

JKR: Well, if you notice the very first time that Malfoy meets Harry
and knows that it's Harry, he makes an effort to be his friend. He
does actually want to be associated with Harry because he knows that
it would be cool to turn up at the school being Harry Potter's friend
because Harry's so famous. <snip> So Malfoy is kind of --- he wanted
to be Harry's friend, Harry didn't want him as a friend and that made
him bitter. That`s the starting point.


So I'd say the motive behind Draco's wanting to befriend (whatever
befriending actually means in his little blond head) Harry was really
simple and rather averagy-child-like :)