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

[kateydidnt2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 108563

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Casey" <caseylane at w...> wrote:

> Casey: 
> Roaming the halls and sneaking to Honeydukes when he was supposed to 
> remain at Hogwarts wasn't for a nobel cause. Neither is roaming the 
> halls with his invisibility cloak. 

I would contribute these to the normal folly of youth and should be
treated no different than any other child's childishness. Neither
Dumbledore nor Snape seems to understand that in someways, Harry *is*
just a teenager and therefore is going to act like one from time to time.

>Yes he gets extra points for 
> fighting Voldimort, but in the process almost gets Ron killed with 
> the chess match and eaten by spiders. Sure he got saved but, if I 
> were Molly Weasley, I wouldn't want my child to hang out with Harry. 
> 

If I recall correctly, Harry didn't ask Ron to join him in confronting
Quirrell--Ron and Hermione made the decision to join him, he was
planning on going *alone*. And with the spiders Ron made that choice
too, he could have refused to go, but he *wanted* to go despite his
fears. Do not blame Ron's choices on Harry.  True, Ron might not have
been in the situation to make the choices he did were it not for
Harry, but that is a consequence of friendship.
What I notice about those around Harry is that because of his tendency
to survive, others around him do to. Yes Sirius perished, but six
*students* survived a full on Death Eater attack. Harry keeps on
surviving and because of that people are drawn to him and they survive
too.

> As an adult I would have to take Snapes stance that Harry Potter is 
> a lot of trouble in one boy and he needs to be reigned in. But then 
> my kids call me mommy meanie.

I agree that Harry needs guidance and "needs to be reigned in" however
I do not agree with Snape in the slightest.  When a parent/adult
reigns in a child it is for the child's own good-and presumably the
parent/adult knows something about the child.  Snape on the other hand
has no uncerstanding of Harry's personality-in fact he willfully
misunderstands it and uses the fact that Harry needs to be "reigned
in" as an excuse to act out his anger at past events.  He has no
thought for Harry's betterment but instead is only focused on his own
revenge and hatred.