Snape's greasy hair, Snape's upbringing, Snape's summer holidays

[greatlit2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 74786

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > I disagree. I think it was called the worst for one of two 
> reason.  
> > 1. Harry assumed it was thw worst because it was what Snape chose 
> to 
> > put in the pensieve.  2.  It was the worst memory for Harry to 
see.
> > 
> 
> Oh, or it wasn't really his worst experience, but it was one of the 
> memories that haunts him the most.  As in, he's made on uneasy 
peace 
> with most of his other memories.
> 

I think it was Snape's worst memory because he called Lily a 
Mudblood. He probably said it out of embarrassment in front of so 
many students (who would have laughed at him even more for being 
saved by a girl, when he is supposed to be a tough Slytherin). I 
suspect that he regretted his actions later. Who knows? He might have 
even apologized to her, but still regretted that she didn't think he 
was as good as James. This particular scene reveals that James, in 
spite of his so-called aversion to the Dark Arts, is better at 
dueling than Snape. 
I don't think Snape hates Muggle-borns, because he has shown more 
animosity towards Harry and Neville (a coincidence? I think not) than 
Hermione or Dean. I think, as a fifteen-year old kid caught in an 
embarrassing situation, he said something in an attempt to save face. 
(If we can forgive that snotty toe-rag James, we can forgive poor 
Severus).
On a related note, I think Snape is mean to Harry and Neville because 
they are the Prophecy Boys and V-mort's potential killers. As a 
posing DE in a room full of Slytherins, Snape must be mean to these 
two.

greatlit2003