House pride post-Hogwarts

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 66257

I wrote:

>   IMO, the adult 
>  characters who show strong house allegiance are those who have 
not 
>  experienced much of life away from the school.
>  >snip<
>  Sirius: spent most of his time in Azkaban 
>  >snip<
> Otherwise, there seems to be remarkably little reference to house 
> allegiance in the adult world.  Only the Malfoys and Weasleys give 
> any evidence, and what there is comes from the children.  
> 
Kirstini asked:

> Does Sirius ever show strong house allegiance? This would really 
> help my argument...

What was in my mind is the disparagng way he refers to Snape's gang 
of Slytherins - that is he still categorises them by house.  
Admittedly that is looking back at schooldays, when you might slip 
back into school modes of thought anyway.

Apart from that, I can't think of anything.  Interestingly, when he 
describes how he was a disappointment to his family, he doesn't say 
anything like "My mother nearly died of shame when I was sorted into 
Gryffindor" or "My father disapproved of my having Gryffindor 
friends despite being in Slytherin".

David