Father figures, Snape, Dumbledore and Hogwarts

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No: HPFGUIDX 14927

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Fascinating. Could it be that Snape became involved with the Death-
Eaters for the very reason that many people get involved with cults, 
gangs, etc. --- that they have had no roots, family, support....
this would cover his Hogwarts obsession and his DE connection....
Although, I would suggest that he both loathes Harry personally AND 
resents that he breaks the rules..that he hates rule breakers AND he 
hates Harry because Harry him so strongly of James..... In many ways, 
Sirius and James seemed to have broken many more rules than Harry, 
Ron, Gred and Forge combined....? Do we know anything about Snape's 
background at all? (hmmmm..no, we don't..maybe we should put that on 
the Grownups Questions for JKR list)

Great insight, Magda

Susan