[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry is an ungratful spoiled brat. Was: Snape is evil

[Lark Austin-Black]

No: HPFGUIDX 67890


--- marinafrants <rusalka at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Harry is not at all oblivious to how Snape treats
> Hermione and 
> Neville.  The only reason *we're* aware of how Snape
> treats Hermione 
> and Neville is that Harry keeps noticing it; and his
> greatest pre-
> OOP moment of anger toward Snape happens after the
> infamous "I see 
> no difference" scene in GoF -- it's on Hermione's
> behalf that Harry 
> is so furious, not his own.
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I didn't quite mean completely oblivious--more, when
he is feeling particularly picked on, he doesn't stop
to analyize how the others are treated and take that
into account--I hope that is more clear

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> 
> >  As an analogy, Snape is to Harry is as James
> > and Sirius were to Snape...is there much
> difference? 
> 
> There is a huge difference.  Snape is an adult in a
> position of 
> authority and responsibily toward Harry.  Sirius and
> James were 
> never in that position over Snape.  Snape is still
> alive and 
> actively making Harry's life miserable. James has
> been dead for 
> fifteen years, and Snape is *still* carrying a
> grudge.  If, twenty 
> years from now, Harry is being a bastard to the
> orphaned Severus, 
> Jr., then I will not hesitate to say that Harry has
> become as bad as 
> Snape.  Until then, I say there's no comparison.
> 
> Marina
> rusalka at ix.netcom.com
> 
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I was not so much looking at comparing the two, Harry
and Snape, more comparing their emotions,
*specifically* at the age of 15.  I was just trying to
make the point that most 15 year olds go through
phases of hating people and go though phases of blame
for everything in their life that they see as "bad" or
that makes them unhappy.

~LA-B


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