Snape understanding Harry

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 72318

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Buttercup <cathio2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> You'd think Snape would have understood Harry better
> once he viewed his memories during the Occlumency
> lessons, realizing that Harry had been humiliated as
> much he had when he was a boy. I wonder if he saw the
> memory of the Sorting Hat saying Harry would do well
> in Slytherin. 
> 
> =====
> Buttercup

Snape may very well think humiliation in childhood is normal.  He was 
humiliated at home and at school, pretty regularly it seems. He can't 
give Harry any slack because he doesn't know how. He has a very very 
hard exterior. Dumbledore seems to have broken through his shell but 
even then, he's not all warm and fuzzy about Dumbledore. I am just 
hoping he and Harry can come to some grudging understanding, a step 
or two further than Snape and Sirius made it and I'd be amazed and 
satisfied. But I can't let go of the idea that JKR is planning 
something very pivotal between Harry and Snape. It would be a shame 
to waste such a good hate they've had for each other.
Jennifer