Snape's greatest fear; Our Man Snape

[Steve Bates]

No: HPFGUIDX 1128

And as a postscript to that, isn't it interesting that the reason 
Snape gives for hating Our Heroes are at least based in reality, at 
some point.  He claims to hate Harry because he is a show-off and 
thinks the rules don't apply to him, and to hate Hermione because she 
is an annoying know-it-all.  Well, these are exaggerations, and even 
if they weren't they wouldn't justify the way Snape treats them.  But 
there is at least a grain of truth in what he says (no, I am not 
implying that Harry is a show off in the sense that he craves 
attention, but that he always feels like he has to take too much on 
himself.  This *is* a character flaw of his,)
I would feel better about Snape if he were equally critical of the 
Slytherin students.  Since I think that Snape favors Malfoy because 
he is/was friends with his father, and that friendship will almost 
certainly end after the events at the end of GoF, I am looking 
forward to possibly seeing Draco get a rude awakening in Book 5 when 
Snape starts treating him the same way he treats Harry, Ron, and 
Hermione.