More-More Thoughts about Draco

[Michelle Crowe]

No: HPFGUIDX 129724

> Steve:
> > JKR, in my view, has not painted Draco as evil, but she has painted
> > him very much with the potential for evil. In the last book, JKR left
> > Draco standing on at a precipice, teetering on the edge. Up until now
> > Draco has been mean and nasty, but I still say it has all been in
> > 'schoolboy' catagory.

> Gerry:
> Nasty absolutely. Schoolboy category? I don't agree. Could you explain
> to me why you see the Buckbeak incident as a schoolboy thing? For me
> this incident is so utterly evil. The casual disregard for life and
> other people's suffering Draco displays here are to me examples of him
> being really evil. Nothing schoolboy there.


Just a passing thought here... I get the impression that Malfoy regards 
Buckbeak along the lines of a dog. No respect for him as any sort of 
even semi-sentient being. Just a "pet" of Hagrid's. So although his 
desire to see him executed is certainly malicious, I don't see it as 
homicidal. Evil, yes, in the sense that killing someone's beloved pet is 
evil, yet not in the same plane as killing a person. Yes, he's still a 
nasty bit of work, but not *yet* ESE.

Michelle, my third post of the night, whenever the mods let me play....