Draco & Hagrid

[coriandra2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 172869

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "prep0strus" <prep0strus at ...> wrote:
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> Draco's always been a nasty little pissant, but I thought we were
> shown how he could at least partially redeem himself.  In 6 he started
> down the path, away from being nasty to being evil, and in 7... well,
> he comes across more like he's weak-willed than because he has had any
> change of heart.  I can see how it can be read that he's simply not
> evil enough to be a true death eater, but he doesn't do anything
> worthwhile either.  

Actually, that's not entirely true.   Remember Crabb setting fire to
the Room of Requirement and trapping them all?  Malfoy could easily
have abandoned his friends and saved himself.  In fact, I think that's
what most people would have expected, but instead he made a real
effort to save Goyle and seemed genuinely shaken by Crab's death. 
That may not be enough to completely redeem him for all the rotten
things he's done, but it is and interesting bit of character development.

Coriandra