I am a bad ass and will bring Harry Potter in alive
I don't think so. His whole bring Harry in alive thing was only because he was a kid lost in a violent and unexpected nightmare. Bringing in Harry was something he thought he could do, because he wouldn't have to kill anyone or anything like that; turning in people is something Draco's good at. And Draco is still young enough to think that maybe if Voldie got HP the Malfoys would be alright, and Voldie would let them go or stop hurting them. Him trying to bring in Harry was the most naive, immature, bewildered childish thing he could have tried at that point, imo.
he was supposed to act as the sign of Harry's greater morality. He was the thing that Harry forgave in place of Voldemort.
Maybe. One of the things that used to bother me so much about HP was it seemed like Harry did have a "greater morality". A kind of, he knows what's right, and he always does the right thing.
But luckily this can be read as a flaw in Harry, even if JKR doesn't mean it that way. In the end, he still sees Malfoy as smaller than him. And the epilogue suggests to me he still sees Slytherin as lesser.
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I don't think so. His whole bring Harry in alive thing was only because he was a kid lost in a violent and unexpected nightmare. Bringing in Harry was something he thought he could do, because he wouldn't have to kill anyone or anything like that; turning in people is something Draco's good at. And Draco is still young enough to think that maybe if Voldie got HP the Malfoys would be alright, and Voldie would let them go or stop hurting them. Him trying to bring in Harry was the most naive, immature, bewildered childish thing he could have tried at that point, imo.
he was supposed to act as the sign of Harry's greater morality. He was the thing that Harry forgave in place of Voldemort.
Maybe. One of the things that used to bother me so much about HP was it seemed like Harry did have a "greater morality". A kind of, he knows what's right, and he always does the right thing.
But luckily this can be read as a flaw in Harry, even if JKR doesn't mean it that way. In the end, he still sees Malfoy as smaller than him. And the epilogue suggests to me he still sees Slytherin as lesser.