OOP: A few Points on Snape and other things

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 61925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "peggy baratto" <petalla at e...> 
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> - In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "professor_monkshood" 
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> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bsartists" 
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> > > But one question.  If he is against Lord Voldemort, then why 
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> > > love Draco so much?  He knows his father is a deatheater and 
that 
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> > > son is quite outspoken about have the same views as dear old 
dad. 
> > > That point has bugged me for a while now.
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> > After GoF, there is a prominent theory that 'Snape-is-nice-to-
Draco-
> > to-get-to-Lucius' in order to get some spying done and it is 
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> > much confirmed in this book by the following comments:
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> > Sirius: 'Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's 
> > delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?' (UK 
version, 
> > p. 460)
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> > Umbridge: 'You are being deliberately unhelpful! I expect better, 
> > Lucius Malfoy always speaks most highly of you!' (p. 657)
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> I'm not sure about this.  I think in In OoP we see something a 
little 
> different.  I think Snape has a deep desire to help Draco because 
of 
> his past with the James Gang.  
> He still sees Harry as being very like James.  He does not see that 
> Harry may look like James, but is more like his mother than 
father.  
> He does not deliberately go out and look to "have fun" by cursing 
and 
> teasing other students.  James and Sirius did.  They bothered Snape 
> just because they were bored.  Teen fun--not bad kids, but silly 
> still.   However, Harry and friends are not like this.  
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> Malfoy however is very like Severus at that age.  He too has 
> difficulties with his parents--he too is someone who was raised in 
a 
> very Slytherin like family.  He like many teens listen to what 
their 
> parents say, and live by it.  He believes what his parents tell 
> him...Mudbloods, halfbreeds....
> I think Snape feels a comaraderie with Malfoy. He does not wish him 
> to have as a difficult time in school as he did.  
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> ~~~~~~~~~Peggy

I see Draco more like James than Snape.  Draco is a bully who bullies 
for no reason.  He doesn't just treat Harry and co badly, he treats 
everyone who isn't Slytherin badly.

Tamara