Draco (was: Humanity, Kant, Caricatures, and Draco /Train. etc)

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 146250

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 

<major snippage>
SSS:
 No, 
> I'm with Alla, too, in wondering about book 7.  Draco DID change 
in 
> 6th year, and he did become a much more fully-fleshed out 
character 
> who STRUGGLED.  It was definitely easier to have more sympathy for 
> him in HBP than in earlier books because we got to see some 
struggle 
> WITHIN Draco, not just the arrogant, cocky, sneering, 
> threatening, "I'M right"ness that we'd seen in him for so long.  
> 
> I could see Draco's story and character going many different ways 
in 
> book 7, and if a "true change" is coming, I'll be fascinated and 
> definitely inclined to cut him some slack.  Is that UNFAIR to say 
> I'll cut him more slack if he stops being cruel, insulting, 
bigoted 
> and threatening?  Maybe to some, but not to me.  

Marianne:

Draco's progression into a more human character was a welcome 
development for me, too, in HBP. I hope he's got the sense or brains 
or guts to start thinking for himself and not continue blindly 
following his parents' lead. I have a tough time imagining that 
Draco will make a major break with the heritage and attitudes that 
have been ingrained into him because he's never questioned them, 
that we could see. (Yes, I know - Harry's POV, so of course we don't 
see Draco lying sleepless in bed, night after night, banging his 
forehead muttering, "Why did I call her a Mudblood?  That's so not 
nice!")

But, I'll be happy to see it, assuming we the readers *do* actually 
see it and are not simply presented with Reformed!Draco springing 
out of a hiding place to sign up to be Harry's ally. It's the same 
thing for me as remorseful Snape.  I want to see it.  I don't want 
to hear about it second-hand.

Marianne