Draco and Harry

[dumbledore11214]

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> Betsy Hp:
> Well, no it wouldn't matter to the reader would it.  I mean, JKR 
> also uses Draco to introduce a fly in the WW ointment here, 
doesn't 
> she.  So the fact that there are a "right sort" and "wrong sort" 
in 
> the WW is the main point the reader can take from this 
conversation.

Alla:

Well, not only that, but the fact that Draco SHARES the POV that 
there are "wrong sort" and "right sort" in WW and that is the main 
point I take from this conversation. 

Betsy Hp:
> However, there is a certain significance, at least IMO, in the 
fact 
> that Draco doesn't *knowingly* insult Harry or his mother.  After 
> all, JKR could have easily had Draco say something like "You're 
> Harry Potter?  Your mother shouldn't have been allowed at 
Hogwarts," 
> and still gotten her point across.  That she doesn't do it that 
way 
> suggests there's more going on here, I think.


Alla:

I don't understand what are you trying to say. What difference does 
it make that Draco does not "knowingly" insults Harry or his mother? 
He still insults her by implication. Are you arguing that it somehow 
makes Draco a person of better character because he insults ALL 
muggleborns witches and wizards. What are you arguing?

If you do argue that, doesn't it make Draco worse person since he is 
prejudiced aagainst ALL Muggleborns not just Lily Evans?

JMO,

Alla