Ethnicity / Lily & Snape / Hagrid's Competence

[sing2wine]

No: HPFGUIDX 33836

As a newbie, I'm still learning to combine my postings:

"JKR has dropped hints about various secondary characters' ethnicity 
and
now portrays them in the exact same way as all the other kids in
Hogwarts."

We know from descriptions of skin color and names that Hogwarts has 
ethnic/minority students. I'm still waiting for a student named 
Greenberg - but with that in mind, Jewish teenagers from different 
countries are often thrown together for educational experiences in 
Israel. They tend to break the national culture barriers that 
separate them because of the fact that they are all Jewish. Why 
wouldn't wizard teens from different backgrounds do the same? 

"if there was no love aspect to the whole Lily & Snape thing at all? 
If they 
were friends, maybe she was the one who convinced Snape to renounce 
Voldemort & come back to "the good fight"; wouldn't that compel Snape 
much 
more to take Harry's protection and best interests to heart?"
Caralyn

It's amusing how all of us try to make sense of the wizard world with 
our muggle frames of reference! But if Snape & Lily were friends, I 
don't think he would be as mean to her child...even if he was jealous 
of Harry's father....
I think having to "protect" Harry is part of the penance Snape must 
perform to be back in Dumbledore's good graces. That would actually 
give him motivation to find fault with Harry - for if he can prove to 
Dumbledore that Harry is nothing but a sneaky rule breaker, maybe he 
would no longer have the unpleasant task of having to protect him. I 
am no fan of Snape's and so I loved my fellow newbie's posting:

"Severus Snape is just Peter Pettigrew, seen through the looking 
glass?"


Lastly, re: Jenny's comment about Hagrid's incompetence - I disagree. 
Hagrid is certainly more competent than Gilderoy Lockhart - I don't 
care how much Lockhart has published! Teachers in many private 
schools are not certified and colleges hire adjuncts - often industry 
professionals - to teach. Hagrid would certainly qualify as 
an "industry professional". If that vicious little brat, Draco 
Malfoy, had approached Buckbeak as he was instructed to - Hagrid 
would not have lost his hard-earned confidence and would have emerged 
as a much more competent teacher. While we're on the subject, would 
you consider a teacher who bullies students (the way Snape bullies 
Neville & Harry) competent - I wouldn't. 

Bonnie / sing2wine




Bonnie / sing2wine