Saving Private Draco WAS :Re: Wands and Wizards...Again

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 183639

> Alla:
> 
> I disagree. I do not believe that during seven books Harry would
have  ever had an inclination to save Draco from the fire, so yes for
me it  is a big character growth moment. Harry saves people, but I
remember  Harry happily leaving Draco in the compartment of the train
and doing  swat to help them in GoF. 

Pippin:
Harry does not feel inclined to save Draco from the effects of sectum
sempra. He does nothing to help, not even asking Myrtle to get
someone. He kneels by the bleeding, shaking Draco and denies
that he meant it. All he wants is to proclaim his innocence.

He feels a tiny drop of pity when Draco flees with Snape, and wonders
to what use Voldemort will put him, but all he does when he finds out
is feel sick. Those left at Malfoy Manor are punished after Harry
escapes, but Harry does not seem to care that Draco must be among them.  

Harry has saved enemies in the past, but only incidentally, when his
friends were in jeopardy too. He saved Pettigrew only to keep Sirius
and Lupin from being killers. Dumbledore had it exactly right: Harry
did what James would have done.

When he tried to save Pettigrew at Malfoy Manor, it was after
Pettigrew had  shown remorse. Harry had suggested in PoA that 
Pettigrew could be given to the dementors, and he said earlier in PoA
that Sirius deserved to have his soul sucked out.  He never felt any
pity for Quirrell or for Crouch Jr. at all.

Harry's code  was basically the same tit for tat as Malfoy's: love
your friends, hate your enemies. Harry just had a longer list of
friends.  It wasn't until Harry realized they were about to die in
such a terrible way that he  thought an enemy was worth saving in his
own right.


Alla:
> Oh and about Harry saving people he does not like. Um, I do not 
> remember him  deciding to save Crabbe at all. 

Pippin:
He does scan the room looking for Crabbe as well as Draco and Goyle.
The text hints delicately that someone has already died, "seeking a
limb or a face that was not yet charred like wood..."


Pippin