Which House Was Sirius In?

nibleswik nibleswik at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 11 17:59:21 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 84637

<snip>
> This is Sirius talking about Snape:
> (US Edition, Chapter 27: Padfoot Returns, p. 531) <snip>
> "Snape [ . . . ] was part of a gang of Slytherins 
> who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters." <snip>

Thank you so much for that quote! Oh, joy! I had forgotten that. 
Sirius, who seems to me an absolutely stereotypical Gryffindor, 
implying in his speech, which is most likely biased against 
Slytherins, that they don't all become evil. A gang within Slytherin 
went bad, but it isn't all of them. How refreshing, especially when 
contrasted with the Slytherins of Harry's era. They all seem to be 
either evil or well on their way to becoming it.

Cheekyweebisom







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