Is Snape unfair with House Points? (WAS Re: Teacher Ratin...

[Jaimee]

No: HPFGUIDX 56877

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SnapesSlytherin at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mongo62aa" 
> <william.truderung at s...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall" 
<thomasmwall at y...> 
> > wrote:
> > PoA, chapter 9:
> > 
> > 'Which of you can tell me how we distinguish between the werewolf 
> and 
> > the true wolf?' sais Snape.
> > 
> > Everyone sat in motionless silence; everyone except Hermione, 
whose 
> > hand, as it so often did, had shot straight into the air.
> > 
> > 'Anyone?' Snape said, ignoring Hermione.
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > 'Please, sir,' said Hermione, whose hand was still in the 
air, 'the 
> > werewolf differs from the true wolf in several small ways. The 
> snout 
> > of the werewolf -'
> > 
> > 'That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss 
> Granger,' 
> > said Snape cooly.  'Five more points from Gryffindor for being an 
> > insufferable know-it-all.'
> > 
> > Bill
> 
> Okay, I know in this scene we're supposed to feel anger towards 
Snape for 
> taking points away, but c'mon.  Just look at it from a simpler POV: 
Snape 
> *did not* call on Hermione (say whatever you want about him being a 
nasty 
> insufferable git).  She called out in class.  She should know 
better.  

> ~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
> (Who used the HP4GU method of acronyms in an English paper - SALAD.)


Now from me--

OK. Call me crazy, but I always thought Hermione was trying to hide 
the truth about Lupin here. 

Now, she is obviously not happy about what Snape is doing...But why?? 
The first time I read the book, I thought that she was just defending 
Lupin as a teacher and expressing her distaste for Snape--just like 
the other Gryffindors. But think about it...extra work doesn't bother 
her--not ever from Snape. She loves it! Second time around I 
remembered that Hermione deduced that Lupin was a werewolf early on--
soon after the boggart. 

So if she already knew what Lupin was in this scene, then her 
behavior can be seen in a whole new light. I think thoughts were 
running through her mind that if everyone had to do a werewolf 
assignment, surely SOMEONE besides her would be able to put it all 
together!! 

Now, I'm not sure if Hermione caught on to the fact that Snape was 
assigning the essay deliberately...but she had her ideas about the 
consequences of discussing werewolfs. 

Think about it...Hermione usually DOES raise her hand. Yes, she's 
annoying about it...she waves her arms, makes noises, etc, so she'll 
be called on. But she rarely acts out of line in class unless she has 
reason to. Her outbursts were her way of trying to stop Snape from 
releasing too much werewolf info that could lead to the others 
linking it to Lupin's mysterious monthly ailments.

Again, my 2 knuts!

~J