Snape's treatment of Draco (was: Re:Snape, Lucius, and missing DE's (was: Re: Snape and the Potters)

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47258

Jazmyn wrote:
<<Hmmmm... May be that Snape will try to help Draco not make the mistakes he made, favoring him cause he sees himself as a kid?>>

Snape's treatment of Draco as interpreted by Harry and others may just be another misconception about him.  We are led to think that Snape just favors the Slytherins and especially Draco just because Snape shares the belief that purebloods are superior and because Draco is from a prominent, wealthy, pureblood family.

Now I'm not saying that Snape doesn't really have these beliefs (I love him and everything, but face it, the man has issues ;)), but perhaps Snape is also favoring Draco because, as Jazmyn asserts, he perceives Draco may be tempted to make the same mistakes he did, and he intends to use his leverage to guide Draco away from those mistakes.

If this is so, we should begin to really see it develop in the next book, as it *appears* that Lucius will be a full-fledged DE again, actively serving Voldemort, and Snape is on the opposing side.

Audra