Snape understanding Harry

[Kira November]

No: HPFGUIDX 72387





>    Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:33:51 -0700 (PDT)
>    From: Scott Santangelo <owlery2003 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Snape  understanding Harry
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>Buttercup <cathio2002 at yahoo.com> 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.
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>You know, that's a good point. I argued against the POV that Harry was "way 
>out of bounds" by looking into Snape's pensieve/memories, but now that you 
>mention it, Snape sure had plenty of opportunties to browse Harry's mind 
>and glimpse his memories. Oh, sure it was in context of "teaching" him 
>occlumnecy, and with some very sensitive memories (Cho!), it triggers Harry 
>to actually defend his thoughts against intrusion. But Harry has always 
>taken advantage of opportunities to pick up on information. In Filch's 
>office (Kwikspell letter), DD's office (sorting hat, pensieve) - why not 
>someone you truly dislike too? Harry feels hemmed-in by boundaries being 
>set by others, and struggles to look beyond the limits set for him.
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>owlery2003
>

Harry feels hemmed-in by boundaries being set by others.   Perhaps this is 
the ultimate reason he should not be a prefect.

Percy treats 'The Rules' as something bigger than he is, like a religion.  
Adhere to the rules and you'll achieve salvation.  Hermione treats The Rules 
as something everyone has to follow in order to maintain order.  Adhere to 
the rules and life will go smoothly.  Ron treats The Rules as something to 
follow so you don't get in trouble, and if you're going to break them, don't 
get caught.  Adhere to the rules and you won't get punished.

Harry treats rules as obstacles in his path.  He'll go around, over, or 
under if he has to in order to do what he thinks he needs to.  I noticed 
that unlike Fred and George, and also James and Sirius, Harry doesn't break 
the rules for fun.  Even when he breaks them to go visit Hagrid, it's 
generally for a reason, not just a social call.  Adhere to the rules until 
they get in your way, then decide if what you're doing is more important.

Clearly not the best mindset for a prefect.

Kira November

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