Snape's greatest fear; Our Man Snape

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 1131

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Bates" <spicoli323 at h...> 
wrote:
> 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, .....  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,)


As I have remarked before, I think Harry should have gone to Snape at 
some point and thanked him for working to protect his life in the 
first Quidditch match and apologized for suspecting him instead of 
Quirrel.  That might have done wonders for their relationship.

-BR