snape is a dufus

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 32720

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
>> Snape does not approve of rule-breakers.  No student is supposed 
to 
> be sneaking around the castle at night.  Just because he catches 
> Harry doesn't mean he's been lying in wait for that opportunity.  
> Snape is probably happy to nail any student who's out of bounds.  
> Whether this is how he feels a professor must act, or whether this 
is 
> an outgrowth of some old, deep-seated anger at MWPP for all the 
rule-
> breaking they did without getting expelled, I don't know.  But I 
> think it's safe to say that Snape believes in playing by the rules, 
> and that the rules apply to everyone, even Harry.  Don't we all 
want 
> that to be true in our own lives - that no one is given 
preferential 
> treatment because of their birth or their looks or because they're 
> famous?   

Snape may not give preferrential treatment as far as grading the 
students, but he does give preferrential treatment to the Slytherins 
when there is a confrontation between them and the Gryffindors and 
there are numerous examples of this in CoS, not to mention the other 
books. I agree with the statement about Snape being happy to nail any 
student he finds breaking the rules.I personally got the impression 
he enjoys it. He must be lying in wait for them because I have not 
always gotten an explaination as to why Snape is roaming the castle 
in the middle of the night. Like Harry, I think sometimes it was 
because he suspected something going on and was doing his own 
snooping. Just about everything Snape does for Harry is because 
Dumbledore has instructed him to do so, Snape is good about following 
orders because he is a follower not a leader( much like Barney Fife), 
thus far in the books.As for the comparison to Barney Fife, doesn't 
anyone remember the episode where Barney locked up the whole town for 
one reason or another when Andy was gone for a few days and left 
Barney in charge? I would say both Snape/ Barney are sticklers for 
rules with no shades of gray in between......lolololol.
> 
> As far as Barney Fife goes, well, Snape has a lot of dislikable 
> qualities, but he's not an idiot.  

Sirius and Lupin seem to think Snape is an idiot in alot of ways as 
evidenced by Sirius's comment in the shrieking shack " How did an 
idiot like that become a professor?" oh well Marianne, if I haven't 
convinced you , then maybe at least you can relate to some of my 
comparisons.I did intend the comparison to be more humorous than 
anything else :-) 

Jo Ellen
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