SNAPE confusing Harry and James (was: Sirius...)

[Marci]

No: HPFGUIDX 75892

"Tara" wrote:
> Hi everyone, I was just wondering what you thought about Sirius 
seeming to confuse Harry
> for James in book 5.  To be honest, if JKR hadn't explicitly had 
other
> characters mention it, I never would have picked up on that, and 
even though
> it was stated in the book, the idea felt a little bit forced to 
me.  I
> thought Sirius often behaved irrationally in book 5 (it was 
understandable,
> but still irrational) but I never really thought of him seeing 
Harry as
> James.  I think one of the reasons why I found it hard to swallow 
was
> because Sirius has been around for three books now, but in the 
first two
> this issue never came up, and then in this book it sort of felt to 
me like
> an afterthought.

When Molly says to Sirius that Harry is not James, I felt that 
someone should say the exact same thing to Snape.  His unfair 
treatment of Harry irks me to no end.  Everything James (& Sirius) 
did to him, he's taking out on Harry.  He knows there's nothing Harry 
can do about it.  Straight up PUNK if you ask me.