[HPforGrownups] was Father figures, ... Snape, Hogwarts, & Hermione

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14836


Magda Grantwich wrote:

> Has anyone noticed how fanatical Snape is in his reverence for
> Hogwarts?  Rules are everything. And he can come up with no worse
> punishment for Harry - who he loathes - than expulsion from Hogwarts:
> a fate he seems to regard as the equivalent of exile.

Oooooh. Wow. Mmmmm. Yes. Very, very good observation. It's true. Outer
darkness, ultimate fate to wreak upon Harry = expulsion. And Sirius says
Snape was always trying to get the Marauders expelled, too. So was
Hogwarts the home that Snape didn't have where he came from? Have all
his actions been somewhat "protective" of Hogwarts, too--even the bad
ones? Was he trying to get disrespectful troublemakers out of Hogwarts
where they didn't belong, instead of it being a personal dislike? Was he
involved with the Death Eaters for a similar reason? Great insight, I'd
never thought of that.

--Amanda

Why does he also antagonize Hermione, who is striving to be THE Hogwarts
prize pupil?

Doreen