Snape and Harry (WAS: Re: 2 nagging questions)

[bookraptor11 <DMCourt11@cs.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48891

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gkjpo <kristen at s...>" 
<kristen at s...> wrote:
> The question is, will Snape treat Harry better in book 5?  Or will 
he 
> find a way to keep sneering at him?
> 
> I can't decide.
> 
> Kristen

I'm hoping their relationship will change and book 5 would be a good 
place to start.

Snape has always been one of the most complex and three dimensional 
characters in the series.  However if he never reacts to new 
circumstances or information, he's going to become more cartoonish.  
Some things change gradually, such as Harry's growing up through the 
series.  Some things change more quickly, as when Snape is forced to 
acknowledge Sirius at the end of GOF as part of Dumbledore's 
modified "old crowd."

Harry has to change a bit also. It hasn't been all that noticable so 
far, but when book 5 begins he will be 15. I don't expect him to be 
adult about Snape, but he should begin to realize that you sometimes 
have to work closely with people you don't like. Maybe also that 
while he can't change the way Snape acts toward him, he can change 
the way he reacts to this.

That being said, I still think there will be plenty of opportunity 
for Snape to sneer at Harry. Although I think their relationship 
needs to evolve, around most people he would need to treat him the 
same as usual, especially if Snape does go back to Voldemort as a spy.

Also since one's basic personality changes little, Snape will always 
be bad tempered and impatient, although maybe by book 7 he will have 
mellowed slightly. Very slightly, I hope, since the picture of a 
Snape in pastels singing "Everything is Beautiful" while cuddling a 
kitten gives me the willies!

Donna