I Hate Snape...

[Anne(Anja)]

No: HPFGUIDX 56338

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan Pessin" 
<jrpessin at m...> wrote:
> Not me.  I think he's a heartless jerk who takes entirely too much
> pleasure in the pain he gives his students.  Why, you may ask, do I 
show
> such bile against a fictional character?  The intensity of this 
attitude
> of mine can be traced to a single comment made by Snape. From GoF, 
US
> Paperback edition, pp. 299-300: 
> 
> Ron... forced Hermione to show Snape her teeth - she was doing her 
best
> to hide them with her hands, though this was difficult as they had 
now
> grown down past her collar...
> Snape looked coldly at Hermione, then said, "I see no difference."


I totally agree with you in saying that Snape's behaviour towards 
his students is more than questionable , especially when it comes to 
the Gryffindors. He favours the Slytherins , he insults Harry and his 
friends more than once and I don't think that there is any way to 
deny or to excuse this kind of behaviour.
 
Nevertheless I am one of those who believe that Snape is by far 
the most fascinating character in the Harry Potter series. Not 
because he is such a nice and heroic guy but because there seems to 
be more to him than meets the eye (like JKR already told us).

Sure , his behaviour is kind of strange but have you never 
wondered WHY he is that way ? Just think about his past. Do you 
really think that insulting Hermione the way he did in GoF is the 
worst thing he has ever done in his life ? Come on , we know that he 
is an ex-Deatheater and as such would have done things far beyond his 
students' imagination. I know that it has been suggested that he 
was just Voldemort's Potions Master and therefore never killed anyone 
but I am not too sure about that. I wouldn't be surprised to hear 
that Snape was a killer , just as the others were. 

Like many others , I honestly believe that he feels terribly 
guilty for his past , just think of the scene with Fake!Moody in GoF 
in which he grabbed his arm and looked as if being angry about 
himself. 
For his behaviour towards his students , I think that he acts 
exactly like someone who doesn't like himself and who desperately 
wants too hide something - and I am sure that there are a lot of 
things 
Snape has to hide. 
 
You see , I don't like Snape for his personality (like I do with 
Lupin) but for all the things we don't know about him. He is such 
a strange and mysterious character that I am really curious what 
will become of him in future books.
 
 Bye,
 
  Anja