Harry's POV was Snape is NOT Sexy

[drmm_fuuko]

No: HPFGUIDX 56565

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, L Finn <severin_szaltis at y...> 
wrote:

DrMM:
> > "As for the books description of Snape, remember that the books 
are told from Harry's POV. Harry doesn't like Snape so he'll 
exaggerate Snape's physical characteristics. Sure, Snape is definatly 
not the most physically attractive character in the book (greasy 
hair, big nose) but that doesn't mean he's totally, completely ugly. 
Nobody  accuses Viktor Krum of being repellant and his physical 
description is reasonably similar to Snape's."  

Severin Szlatis replied:
>>> Sure, the books are Harry centric and we follow Harry about, but 
it isn't him describing things.  As something happens it is related 
to the reader, but not by Harry.  It is athough he's carrying a video 
cam about and we get to see what is recorded by it.  
<snip>
>> So although we see the world that Harry sees, I'm not sure that we 
can say that descriptions of Snape or of any thing/one else are 
tainted by Harry's bias/POV.  Except were we're told, `or so it 
seemed to Harry,' or somesuch similar attachment they are just bald 
descriptions, not Harry's opinion... Unless that is,  we are also to 
assume that Snape's long black cloak is only long and black to Harry, 
that Hermione's hair is only bushy in Harry's opinion and that if we 
looked with our own eyes Hagrid's peepers would be pink and Snape's 
hair really would be glossy not greasy.   >>>>

I reply:

Well, I don't have the books anywhere near me right now as I'm on 
vacation for a few days (AKA -- I can't prove this with quotes, 
although I may be tempted to try later).  However, if my memory 
serves me correctly, the first description is fairly simple -- black 
greasy hair, a hooked nose ....

After Snape and Harry start to interact, the descriptions of Snape 
get worse and worse. They're particularly nasty when Snape insults 
Harry or one of his friends.

*shrugs* Therefore, I think it's safe to assume that Harry's personal 
opinions DO influence Snape's description.

DrMM (meandering around Tokyo for a few days)