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1lunalovebook
How did you guys feel about the way Rowling dealt with Draco and his family?
I personally think that they got off too easily. I realize that they chose the "good" side in the final battle, but Luscius and Narcissa, at least did so for purely selfish reasons (to find their son). It doesn't seem right that they shouldn't suffer at all for their crimes as Death Eaters. Then again, I guess that's how it is sometimes in the "real" world.
I did like the bit in the epilogue where Harry and Draco nod at each other, though. It demonstrates that they, unlike Snape and the Marauders, are able to move past childhood rivalry.
I personally think that they got off too easily. I realize that they chose the "good" side in the final battle, but Luscius and Narcissa, at least did so for purely selfish reasons (to find their son). It doesn't seem right that they shouldn't suffer at all for their crimes as Death Eaters. Then again, I guess that's how it is sometimes in the "real" world.
I did like the bit in the epilogue where Harry and Draco nod at each other, though. It demonstrates that they, unlike Snape and the Marauders, are able to move past childhood rivalry.
2Jim53
I thought it was pretty appropriate. I never thought Narcissa was a dedicated DE, certainly not like Bellatrix, and I never saw any indication that Lucius was anything other than a bully, which often hides a coward. We don't really know what happened to them or to any of the surviving "bad guys," do we? Presumably the ministry under Kingsley would reinstitute some sort of prison, although without dementors, so I don't know how effective it would be at containing mature wizards. All we know from the epilog (which, I hear, will appear in next year's dictionaries under the entry for "lame") is that 19 years after LV's defeat Draco is seeing off his wonderfully named kid.
3fannyprice
I kinda liked how the Malfoy story played out over the course of DH. At the beginning of the novel, they were virtual prisoners of Voldemort, despite having been big supporters of his return for the whole series. I thought their fear and paranoia illustrated nicely the ways in which totalitarian/persecuting regimes turn on even their supporters in the end.
I also thought that many of Narcissa's actions could be compared to those of Harry's mother (don't kill me for making this - admittedly weak - comparison). The novel showed that even "bad" mothers like Narcissa are willing to sacrifice in order to save their children. Not that her sacrifice was really comparable to Lily's. :)
I think that all the Malfoy's got in over their heads and didn't know how to get out. I think their punishment was when they got what they had been striving for - Voldemort's return - and it bit them in the a**.
I also thought that many of Narcissa's actions could be compared to those of Harry's mother (don't kill me for making this - admittedly weak - comparison). The novel showed that even "bad" mothers like Narcissa are willing to sacrifice in order to save their children. Not that her sacrifice was really comparable to Lily's. :)
I think that all the Malfoy's got in over their heads and didn't know how to get out. I think their punishment was when they got what they had been striving for - Voldemort's return - and it bit them in the a**.
