In DH he was "Draco", not "Malfoy": - Was "Draco redeemed?"

[katrinawitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 176952

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sharon Hayes <s.hayes at ...> wrote:

Hi all,
After many readings of DH and going back to reading from Book 1 again, 
I have been thinking a lot about Draco and his character development. 
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(Kat here...)
One of the things that stuck with me in Deathly Hallows was that JKR 
referred to Draco as "Draco" throughout the book, not "Malfoy", as 
he'd been referred to in all previous books.  Granted, it could have 
been just to differentiate him from his parents, who were featured 
more prominently in DH, but I think that Jo was maybe steering us 
towards viewing Draco in a different light, by using his first name.

While he didn't redeem himself as a character in this book (yep, still 
a ferrett), he did show some sort of character development.  And while 
the senior Malfoys were still elitist snobs, who in the past had held 
one's blood status above everything else, and definitely chose the 
wrong leader to latch onto and the wrong cause to champion, it did hit 
home to me that, throughout DH, their number one thought was for the 
well-being of their son.  As a parent, it made me stop and think for a 
bit.

If you had asked me in early July what my number one, rock-solid 
prediction would be (other than Harry living, of course, which I think 
was a no-brainer!), it would have been that at least one Malfoy, if 
not more, wouldn't make it until the end of the series.  Color me pale-
and-pointed if they all didn't live!

...Kat