HP and Moral Choices

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 176094


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> Musicalbetsy said:
> My one big question, though, is WHY was Draco in the
> RoR anyway? Was he looking for Crabbe and Goyle or
> did they just find him? Did he really want to be
> with his old friends or did Voldy order him to be
> with them? That to me is a bigger question than why
> Harry saved him.
> 
> Sharon responded:
> They were waiting outside in the corridor
> (dissilusioned) when Harry et al ran past and opened
> the ROR, so they saw them go in and followed. Voldy
> didn't order them to stay at Hogwarts, they chose to
> so they could capture Harry and deliver him to Voldy
> so Draco could get back into Voldy's good books.
> 
Doddie here:

Actually I believe it was Crabbe and Goyle, not Draco who were 
waiting in the hall and followed the trio in at least this is what 
they both stated, but Draco never said otherwise.

This leads me to believe that seeing as the trio open the door to 
find "the place where things are hidden"..then Draco was already in 
the ROR hiding.(Probably upon his mother's orders or at least 
encouragement--he does have her wand after all, and she seems to 
have stepped up to the plate in guiding her family through this 
crisis.)

I was more questioning why didn't Draco make use of the Vanishing 
Cabinets-the one in the ROR is still there? Perhaps he was scared 
because he didn't know if the other cabinet existed any longer, or 
was no longer at Borgin and Burkes..Perhaps he didn't want to leave 
w/o his wandless parents who were still at Voldemort's mercy.

Do you think perhaps the Malfoy's had an escape plan? We do know 
Lucious trying to get Voldemort to let him go and find Harry--a 
perfect excuse to get into the castle..(Did Cissy ask Snape for help 
again?) Was Draco telling his cronies not to kill Harry because he 
didn't want a bunch of DE's or Voldemort coming into the ROR? It's 
been implied or at least Harry believes that Draco has the dark 
mark.  I believe he must have had a dark mark to get up on the tower 
in HBP and to descend from the tower after DD's death. If Draco 
wanted Harry captured or dead he would have identified him in the 
mansion and he would have pressed his dark mark in the ROR. I just 
think Draco's sorted out at least some of his priorties and is 
trying to keep himself and his family safe and alive.

Then there's the aftermath of the battle with the Malfoy's huddled 
around each other, not on the run, not hiding after all they'd been 
through.  It certainly gave Harry another picture of family dynamics 
in the here and now with people he didn't necessarily like, respect, 
or admire but in the end--understood.


 Harry felt the slightest bit of pity for Malfoy at the end of HBP, 
but I'm sure that Harry had a great deal of pity, and empathy for 
Draco by the end of DH.


Doddie:
(who's really wondering why Narcissa felt she could go to Snape in 
HBP--did she know something about him? She certainly didn't avoid 
eye contact with him like she does Voldemort in DH.)