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

[Casey]

No: HPFGUIDX 108551

> > Casey: 
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> snip.
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> > I always took it as punishment for Harry's father. 
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> Alla:
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> And you summmed up perfectly the part of Snape's personality which 
I 
> loathe so much. He has NO right to punish Harry for the sins of 
his 
> father. NONE, IMO.

Okay, right off the bat I'll admit I'm a Snape apologist. For 11 
years he's heard stories about how Harry Potter, the son of nemeses 
James Potter, saved the wizarding world. The golden boy has had a 
golden son, who has now come to Hogwarts to begin second generation 
of cruelty and rule breaking. Snape has no idea what kind of life 
Harry's led, he can only picture a spoiled upbringing because 
he's "The Boy Who Lived" and the "Savior of the Wizarding World". 

Harry comes to class and looks as if he isn't paying attention (even 
though we know differently). Snape swoops in to confront the spoiled 
boy using words meant to bring him down to earth. To let him know he 
won't continue to receive special treatment. Harry back talks his 
teacher, which more or less proves to Snape right away that Harry 
*is* like James, not showing any respect for authority.  

In many ways Harry is like James. He doesn't have the cruel streak 
but he flagrantly disregards the rules, gets himself and his friends 
into lethal situations and Dumbledore ignores it all. In fact he 
gets rewarded for his rule breaking and extra house points.