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COMMENTS DISABLED PER MY HP ART POLICY. APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT FLAMING INCONVENIENCES ME EVEN *MORE.*

At age 17, Draco Malfoy, son of the former chief Death Eater, now, as Voldemort would have it, son of the Pureblood world's greatest disgrace. Draco learns the consequences of loudly advocating a belief system of bigotry and violence, while he and his parents suffer constant emotional and physical torture as the ill-favored hideout hosts of Voldemort himself. God, I feel so bad for that family, even though some would say they deserve the punishment I'm just glad all three of them survive the war. 19 years later, it's clear that they've become respecable members of society, which makes me even HAPPIER. Anyway...

Draco quietly emanates conflict and remorse, in the final installment of the Harry Potter saga, and though he never overtly rebels against his parents and their Dark Lord, there are a few notable occasions in which he demonstrates his abhorrence for torture, cruelty, and murder, and when he is reluctant--even resistent--to giving away Harry, Hermione, and Ron's identity, and send them to their deaths. Read the Malfoy Manor chapter closely. Also pay attention to his behavior in the chapter in which Goyle and Crabbe try to Crucio and AK the trio, and Draco is begging them to stop--not JUST to not kill them, but to not TORTURE them as well. See also Dumbledore's candid remarks about Draco, and how his soul is still intact and redeemable.

I liked that evolution of Draco's character. I like that he's grown up and gone rather pacifist. Some fans called him a wuss after OotP, but I've been infinitely pleased with Draco ever since the end of HBP, when he was fully unable to kill Dumbledore. Sorry if anyone dislikes me for that, but I prefer it when characters wake up realize that they are NOT inclined to be truly cruel to others.

So this symbolizes Draco doubting the fact that he's a puppet on strings, his fate written in the stars from which he's been named, a slave with no choice. I think that's the realization at which he'd arrive at the end of Deathly Hallows. He, and many many other members of his young post-war generation.
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