CHAPDISC: DH31, The Battle of Hogwarts

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 184641

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <c.john at ...> wrote:

> 10. What is going through Malfoy's head in the Room of
> Requirement? Is he only concerned about delivering Harry to 
> the Dark Lord alive? Or does he want his family freed from 
> Voldemort's influence and realises Harry may be his only
> chance for freedom?


zanooda:

I think that Draco didn't want to deliver Harry to LV at all, dead or 
alive. If he did, then why he acted so strangely in "Malfoy Manor"? 
If he so much desired to deliver Harry and get his family out of 
trouble, why was he so reluctant to confirm the Trio's identities 
in "Malfoy Manor"? He should have been happy, like Lucius, he should 
have jumped up and down with joy and yell: "Yes, it's them, father, 
it's Potter and his friends! Call the Dark Lord at once!" We all know 
that it's not what really happened.

So what has changed between "Malfoy Manor" and "The Battle of 
Hogwarts"? Nothing, IMO - Draco still doesn't want neither kill 
Harry, nor deliver him to LV. I'm convinced that this was all 
Crabbe's idea. By that time Draco didn't have any authority in the 
Slytherin trio, and Crabbe was the leader ("I don't take your orders 
no more, Draco. You and your dad are finished"). Crabbe decided they 
should stay in the castle to capture Harry, and Draco didn't dare to 
refuse, that's all. JMO :-).