Angry people (was : Re: Angry Snape / St. Hedwig)

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 83042

Mary Jo Neyer" wrote:

Snape is right, but people refuse to listen to him because he speaks 
with such hatred and anger.  This adds to his frustration( it would 
for me, anyway), that no one will listen to him when he knows he is 
right.

Del comments :

Absolutely. I could also feel his frustration at times.
But the most interesting thing is what happens if you replace Snape 
by Harry in these sentences (and take away the hatred part, Harry's 
not there yet) :

"Harry is right, but people refuse to listen to him because he speaks 
with such anger.  This adds to his frustration( it would for me, 
anyway), that no one will listen to him when he knows he is right."

Does that ring a bell ?

Mary Jo also said :

First of all,  it is a classic symptom displayed by abused victims to 
repeat what was done to them.  This is accurate from the 
psychological point of view. 

And Del adds :

Harry demonstrates a tendency to do just that too. The way he yells 
at his friends, for example. Of course, I am aware of the BIG 
differences between Snape and Harry, namely : Snape is an adult in 
charge, Harry is still a kid being pushed around by adults. But 
still, when I look at Snape and then at Harry, I find the 
similarities frightening.

Del