[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

[Tamfiiris]

No: HPFGUIDX 19641

Margaret Dean wrote:

> I think the important question here is why Snape so dislikes
> Harry and Hermione, because that's the logical motive for his
> nastiness.  I don't think a person has to be more than naturally
> blackhearted (we all are, to an extent) to make unkind remarks
> about people he doesn't like.  I know I've =thought= plenty of
> them, though I normally don't vocalize them.

i agree. he's probably jealous of Harry, first for his fame, later on
for his talent. as someone else said, he beats Snape again and again
when it comes to saving the world from evil. as for Hermione, that's
probably a result of her being a friend of Harry's... or a member of
Gryffindor... or a girl, Muggle-born, whatever.

i wonder how Snape would have treated Harry if he'd been in Slytherin?

> (And I do find it a little surprising that so many people on this
> list come down so VERY hard on Snape for one nasty crack.  I
> wonder how many of them he had to endure, in his own school days,
> from people like the ones who magicked them into the Marauder's
> Map for him to find.)

it's not just one! he continually abuses his unfavourite pupils with
nasty jabs at their weaknesses. i'm sure the ones described in the
books aren't the only ones, either. his classes sound like nightmares
to me.

ciao
Tamf