Neville and Snape
meriaugust
meriaugust at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 23 22:03:59 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 87519
I am in the process of rereading all of my HP collection and I am
presently in the middle of PoA. I have just finished reading the
chapter where Neville changes the boggart into Snape (The Boggart in
the Wardrobe, page 136, American edition). That Snape is Neville's
biggest fear is not surprising to me, as Snape bullies (torments?)
Neville more than any one else in Gryffindor, with the exception of
Harry. My question is why that is. We know why he hates Harry, with
his past involvements with James Potter and the other Marauders, but
why does Snape abuse poor Neville so? Any ideas, or is this another
of the thousands of things that JKR will have to adress in the next
two books?
Meri
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