[HPforGrownups] Snape's Dislike of Hermione

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 19659


--- Amanda Lewanski <editor at texas.net> wrote:
> Recall, too, that although Hermione was *not* a friend of Harry's at
> this point, Snape was not to know this. He hated Harry from the
> outset, and the first thing Harry said to him, other than varieties
> of "I don't know" was "I think Hermione does, try her" or something.
> So I have always thought that Snape classed her as Harry's friend
> from the outset, and reacted to her accordingly, which places a
> massive barrier there for him to allow himself to appreciate her
> abilities. 

Ah, wonderful observation! I've never thought of that scene this way.
Even more reason for Snape to dislike Hermione. Makes perfect sense
now...

~Amber


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" 'Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes
unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.' But his voice was a little 
doubtful, and he laid his arm softly around Molly's shoulders. 'It cannot 
be an ill fortune to have loved a unicorn,' he said. 'Surely it must be
the dearest luck of all, though the hardest earned.'"
 - Peter S. Beagle "The Last Unicorn"

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