CHAPDISC: DH25, Shell Cottage

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184037

> 
> Pippin:
 It's not fair to judge all goblins by
> Griphook. <BIIG SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I will ask the same question as I used to ask those readers who were
 telling me that it is so very unfair to judge the House Slytherin by
 Draco Malfoy. Why not?
> 
> I mean of course it is unfair to do so in RL – to judge any entity
of people by one representative, I know it and get it. But in the
book?  I think it is a very fair assumption to make that author does
want me  to judge all Slytherins of younger generation by Draco Malfoy
being  their typical representative, since we see no Slytherins who
are  better than him lurking in the background, no?

Pippin:
If Draco's actions are  understood as the unique result of his
individual personality and experiences, which are explored in some
depth during the story, then I must assume that other Slytherins would
not -- could not --  make the same choices that Draco made. I don't
need to know them to know that they couldn't possibly have the exact
same personality or experiences as Draco. 

It's the same with the goblins. Though we don't meet them, Bill knows
goblins that he likes and respects, and cannot help thinking of as his
friends. Griphook is obviously not interested in that kind of
relationship with humans.

Alla:

 She showed us older  Slytherins doing much better things, true, but
within the students?  Who? 

Pippin:
No one in the books distinguishes between this generation of
Slytherins and previous ones. That such a distinction is relevant is
pure fanon, IMO.

Pippin