Snape's Reaction to Harry assuming that he is a DE spy

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 108500

> Vmonte:
> > 
> > This scene has always bothered me. It is interesting that Snape 
> tells 
> > Harry that he is "neither special nor important." I mean what a 
> drag 
> > it must be for Snape to have to work with Harry if he really 
feels 
> > that he is a nobody and not important. 

> Alla:
> I thought that Snape was him usual abusive self, when he said 
that. 
> You know, always trying to humiliate Harry, put him in whatever 
place 
> Snape thinks Harry should be..

Jen: Even though I hardly ever wonder about Snape (I know, hard to 
believe), these two comments struck me--who exactly *does* Snape 
think Harry is, if not special or important? He's so obviously both 
of these things. Why does he persist on putting Harry in "his place" 
and what is that place, exactly?

It makes me re-think why he specifically singles out Harry & 
Neville. Maybe Snape was somehow involved in their parents death, 
and Harry & Neville are his failures staring him in the face. Or he 
was orphaned like them, and despises them for being like him, 
instead of feeling empathy. Or it is just simply him trying to put 
them in their place, keep them from getting big heads (lol, Neville 
with the big ego). 

I like the first idea, that he failed them, because abusing them 
over his own failure seems like a Snapey thing to do. Like if he was 
the one who overheard the prophecy and told LV, and seeing Harry & 
Neville reminds him of his past.

Jen, branching out into Snape analysis and hearing the veterans 
snicker about her elementary first thoughts on the matter :).