Does Snape Think Of Draco As The Son He Never Had?

[Kelly]

No: HPFGUIDX 77322

> > Marika wrote:
> I'm not sure I agree that Draco is that much worse than James 
Potter. 
> Draco makes rude comments, he is spiteful towards Harry and his 
> friends and he sniggers a lot. A few times he has done some really 
> bad things, but it's not like his favourite sport is to attack an 
> unprepared and lonely student and humiliate this person in front of 
> all his class mates. 
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I respectfully disagree.  I think humiliating unprepared and lonely 
students is definitely one of Draco's favorite sports. A few examples:

In SS/PS when Draco puts Neville in the leg locker curse and forces 
him to "bunny hop" back to Griffindor tower from the library?

The "Potter Stinks" buttons.

Numerous cruel attacks on Hermione concerning her appearance (teeth, 
hair) and her Muggle parentage ("Mudblood" remarks).

His willingness to curse Harry with his back turned in the 
famous "bouncing ferret" scene in GoF.

I also think that the Weasley is Our King in OoTP counts as 
humiliating someone in front of their classmates.  Ron isn't exactly 
the best person to deal with humiliation considering his low self-
esteem.

Draco seems to have the ability to find a persons weak point and aim 
for it.  He also seems to have a charismatic way of leading others to 
join him in his taunting.  This is evidenced by at least two 
incidences where Draco involved all of Slytherin (Weasley is Our 
King) and almost all of the school (Potter Stinks) in his taunting.

Cheers,
Kelly