Snape cut too

[kempermentor]

> Kemper:
> I actually don't like that line.  It's funny for sure, but I don't
> think JKR totally fleshed out Snape's character during that writing. 

> Anne Squires:
> I don't agree.  IMO, Snape abuses his students.  He is abusive towards
> Harry.  ...snip...
> Here are a few Hermione examples:
> 
> IIRC, he calls Hermione, "an insufferable know-it-all" in PoA.  In PS,
> he told her, "Put down your hand, you silly girl."  In GoF I think, I
> could be remembering wrong, he made inappropriate insinuations about
> Hermione's and Harry's love life when they were reading the Skeeter
> article in his class. 
> 
> However, none of this compares to the way he treats Neville throughout
> the series.  He is constantly demeaning to Neville.  

Kemper now:
But the character of Snape is abusive in books 1-4.  It changes in 5.
 It's as though JKR realized what she wanted Snape to be.  I think had
she known postGOFSnape in the earlier writings of the earlier books,
he would be shown as less abusive though not less snarky and biting.

As for Neville, even McG is mean to Neville in a similar way that
Snape is.  Refusing a 13 year old boy access the password that would
grant him the safety of his common room when there was a suspected
killer on the grounds is a bit effed up.

Kemper