Thought about Snape and James Potter's relationship

[sherlock_2040]

No: HPFGUIDX 38332

I'm lazy and feeling too tired to walk up to the stairs to my room, 
so I can't say which book the quote is from.

In one of the books (possibly the third) Dumbledore describes James 
Potter's relationship with Snape as similar to Harry's relationship 
with Draco Malfoy. Now, he doesn't state which way *round* he meant 
this - could it possibly be that James Potter and his gang were being 
equalled to Draco Malfoy? 

I don't agree with the assumption that James Potter and Sirius Black 
were blameless and more or less perfect (I get the impression that 
perhaps Peter and Remus were on the outside of this a little bit.) 
I'm not comparing Snape to Harry, but Harry too sometimes provokes 
Draco into reacting as well as the other way round. 

Just a thought.

Steph