Hermione and Snape

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 37531

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "catlady_de_los_angeles" <catlady at w...> 
wrote:
> > Also, I'm not sure if he has any sense of her being respectful 
and 
> > thoughtful towards him. Her concern over him in the Shack was 
while
> > he was quite unconscious
> 
> He should have noticed that she respects him and tries to win his 
> approval IN CLASS, not needed to wait until an adventure at the 
end 
> of third year!

I think one of Snape's problems is his tendency to project his own 
mindset on other people.  Take his reaction to the Prank: Snape 
would never have set someone up for a werewolf encounter unless he 
actually meant to kill them; so he can't believe Sirius could've 
done it without meaning to kill *him*.  In Hermione's case, he's 
convinced that her behavior in class indicates a desire to show him 
up and make herself look important, because that's why *he* would've 
done it when he was a student.

Marina
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