Editing Draco Malfoy (section)

===Personality===
Draco is the prototypical spoiled, rich brat; he believes that his family's wealth and social position gives him the right to bully those poorer than himself, such as Ron Weasley. He also insults Hermione Granger's [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)|Muggle-born status]] by referring to her as a "Mudblood", a term that, as stated by [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], is one not used in civilised conversations. As Rowling explained in 1999, "He's a bigot and he's a bully, and as I say, in the most refined sense, he knows exactly what will hurt people".<ref name="WBUR" />

In a July 2005 interview, Rowling added that Draco, unlike Harry, never feels [[remorse]] for his actions: "I thought of Draco as someone who is very capable of compartmentalising his life and his emotions, and always has done. So he's shut down his pity, enabling him to bully effectively. He's shut down compassion— how else would you become a Death Eater?"<ref name="tlc" />

Draco, as well as [[Dudley Dursley]], was indoctrinated with his parents' beliefs. Rowling commented that "The moment Draco got what he thought he wanted, to become a Death Eater, and given a mission by Lord Voldemort, as he did in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', reality finally hit him" because his dream was "so very different". Rowling also stated that there was a real moral cowardice in Draco, but that he was not wholly bad.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Vineyard|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1572399/20071019/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022021956/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1572399/20071019/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2007|title='Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Outs Dumbledore at New York Event|publisher=MTV|date=19 October 2007|access-date=31 December 2010}}</ref>

Having gone through the horrors of the second wizarding war as a Death Eater, Draco abandoned the pure-blood beliefs he was originally devoted to, and grew to become a better person than he was in his youth, growing more tolerant and accepting of the non-pure-bloods of the wizarding world. He also made sure to discipline his son Scorpius to be a better child than he himself was in his youth, which made Scorpius to show kindness and become friends with Harry's son Albus Severus, as evidence of his reformation.<ref name="Rowling 2016"/>