Dumbledore and TrustSnape rant

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 73419


"Geoff Bannister" wrote:
> > In PS, Snape reveals his intense dislike of Harry from the 
word go. Harry is faced with this without knowing why. If Snape 
had managed to control his dislike of Harry notwithstanding the 
fact that Harry was physically very like James (and falling into 
the trap of treating Harry as being James), the contact between 
the two might have been totally different. > >

Jennifer ("susanbones2003") wrote:
> I agree with your observations, that things might have been very 
> different had Snape been able to separate the son from the father. 


Couldn't agree more. As a side issue to this - my apologies if this 
has been covered in the past - is to ask the question as to why 
Harry's attention really focussed in on Snape at the beginning when 
his scar hurt when Snape looked at him:

"It happened very quickly. The hook-nosed teacher looked past 
Quirrell's turban straight into Harry's eyes - and a sharp, hot pain 
shot across the scar on Harry's forehead." (PS - p.94)

It is only later in the books that the suggestion is made that the 
pain in his scar is more directly linked to Voldemort. Thoughts?

"Geoff Bannister"