Draco and Harry

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 147195

Geoff:
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> This leads me on to the main thrust of my argument. Many group 
> members seem to be dropping into a pattern of describing our two 
> protagonists as Harry "best thing since sliced bread"  Potter and 
> Draco "puer horribilis" Malfoy.
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Alla:

Too funny, but I think I should clarify my position on this point. 
Do I think that Harry is a better person than Draco? Absolutely, I 
do. But the thing is, I don't really think that it takes a lot for 
any  character to be a better person than Draco, SO if I say that 
Harry is a better person than Draco, it really does not make Harry A 
PERFECT person in my eyes, far from it. I mean, if I were to say 
that Harry is a person of better moral character than .... I don't 
know....Dumbledore, than yeah it would bring Harry close to 
sainthood. Right now, in my eyes, Harry is a good person, but has 
plenty of flaws. It is just in my book Draco's flaws are much WORSE 
than Harry's. That's all. MANY characters are in my book much, much 
better "people" than Draco. I would not dream of saying that they 
are perfect. It does not take a lot, IMO, to be a better person than 
Draco, really. As long as the character does not wish to torture and 
kill Muggleborns, they are better people than Draco.

 
Geoff:
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 So I would agree with those who feel 
> that there might be some sort of rapprochement between our 
> two "friends";' probably not the back-slapping familiarity which 
we 
> see between Ron and Harry but certainly a lessening of the 
acrimony 
> and a move towards cooperation in order that both of them might 
keep 
> themselves – and indirectly the Wizarding World - intact.
>

Alla:
Absolutely, after HBP I see it as a possibility, not a definite 
possibility, but a possibility nevertheless. What I do NOT see and I 
can be wrong of course is Draco and Harry becoming bestest friends 
as Betsy argued ( I think, sorry if I misunderstood). There is a 
HUGE difference IMO between tolerating each other for common goal 
and becoming friends.

JMO,

Alla