I agree with what you're saying here, and it brings up another question I occasionally wonder about (or really, maybe the same question you originally asked!). Lucius is teaching Draco that Voldemort is this wonderful, important leader that is going to set the world right, and at the same time showing him that you can have alliances -- even if they are politically motivated -- with people who disagree with this core belief you have. How does a kid reconcile that? I mean, at some point doesn't he have to ask himself *why* these other people don't agree with Lucius? This probably is more of a tangent than JKR intends to go into, but the story is such an analogy of adolescence; and such a large part of adolescence is learning to think for yourself, that I wonder we don't see any of the kids becoming more independent thinkers. So far they seem to only react to what the adults tell them, but not to question in any meaningful way.
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Date: 2004-11-01 08:35 pm (UTC)