Draco redeemed?

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 176943

 Sharon Hayes <s.hayes at ...> wrote:

> it is my conjecture that Draco 
> really had no choice but to be 
> a smirky, nasty little ferret. 
> He had it drummed into him from birth

Well yes, if Draco had grown up in a different environment he might
not have been a smirky, nasty little ferret, and the same is true if
he had different genes, but that does not make him one bit less a
smirky, nasty little ferret.

That said I must admit after reading book 7 I did have a little
sympathy for the kid, not a lot but a little. Although his life was
not as hard as Harry's he didn't exactly have it easy; and Draco did
show true bravery and loyalty in trying to save Crabbe and Goyle even
if that loyalty was entirely misplaced.

Draco missed his chance for true redemption when Harry Ron and
Hermione were brought in chains to the Malfoy manner and he identified
them. Yes he seemed a little reluctant to do so but that didn't stop
him from doing it; and he may really have been uncertain about Harry
with his swollen face. Nevertheless he knew that whoever was behind
that swollen face was going to suffer a horrible fate if they thought
he was Undesirable Number One, so a good person would say "No, that is
definitely not Harry Potter". Draco didn't do that.

So at the end of the day we have two true redemptions with Snape and
Regulus, and two half ass (or maybe quarter ass) redemptions with
Dudley and Draco. I think that's plenty for one book.

 Eggplant