Snape's and Black's grudges (was: Living with Sirius)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., James Andrewartha <trs80 at t...> wrote:
 Also, the first time we (Harry and the
> reader) hear that Snape is evil is at the start of year feast in 
PS, when
> Percy says "That's Professor Snape. Knows an awful lot about the 
Dark
> Arts, does Snape." (or words to that effect), and possibly also 
says that
> Snape wants to be DADA teacher (I'm not sure since I don't have the 
book
> in front of me).
The quote you are looking for is when Snape gave Harry a sharp look, 
then Harry asked Percy who he was.  Percy answered, 'So you already 
know Quirrel.  No wonder the poor guy is so nervous.  That's Snape.  
He teaches Potion but he doesn't want to -- everyone knows he's after 
Quirrel's job.  Know an awful lot about the Dark Arts, Snape does.'

Then it became common knowledge the narrator mentioned in every 
single book and the narrator never ask Snape whether he wants the 
DADA job.

If Professor Luke is lurking around (gosh I like how that sound!), I 
have a question:

Can a narrator supply misinformation like that?  Is it Authorial 
Misinformation if it turns out that Snape doesn't want the job? Who's 
point of view is it when the Narrator said something like that?  It 
doesn't sound like Harry's PoV.  I guess it could be Harry's PoV of 
everybody's opinion.



>Which leads to the question: Why does
> Percy think Snape wants to be DADA teacher?
That's been bothering me as well.  May be it's one of those old 
school rumours being turned into an article of faith and nothing can 
be done to dispel them.  Every school has them, they are passed on 
from one generation to the next.  My old school has many but the best 
one is that our uniform used to be bright yellow from top to bottom.  
No one can verify it but we all know it to be true.  So may be it's 
the same in Hogwarts.