OOP: A few Points on Snape and other things

[jsingson]

No: HPFGUIDX 61942

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "peggy baratto" <petalla at e...> 
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> Remember when Snape and Harry were practicing the Occlumancy?  
Snape 
> wanted to know about the dog chasing Harry.  I don't think he 
> realized that Harry too was rather neglected (abused?) as a child.  
I 
> think he just saw him as being his father---arogant.  Until now. 
> Maybe Snape sees Harry a little differently now.  Maybe not.  Harry 
> sees Snape the same way, even though he has seen a little of his 
> past.  Maybe nothing will change between the two of them.
> However,Snape did go out of his way to help Harry many times in 
this 
> book after the lessons.  Making sure the Veratism was fake, 
checking 
> on Sirius, looking for him in the forest, warning the rest of the 
> Order....
> ~~~~~Peggy.
I think that Snape helping Harry in the book had more to do with his 
duty as a member of the Order,not him starting to soften up to 
Harry.  And chances are, everyone in the Order have been told 
probably by Dumbledore to protect Harry from danger.  I do think 
however that Snape might lighten up a bit towards Harry, seeing that 
outside of the wizarding world, Harry has had a really miserable 
life, which can be comparable to Snape's own life at Hogwarts while 
still a student.