I don't like him much

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No: HPFGUIDX 119967


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "barbarahanson" <alexpie at a...>
wrote:
> 
> Kneasy wrote:
> >> Young Potter is the eponymous hero and the viewpoint we get from 
> the 
> > books is his. And not by any stretch of the imagination can that 
> > viewpoint be considered as unbiased. If Harry doesn't like 
> something, 
> > then it must obviously be wrong; if somebody disagrees with Harry, 
> then 
> > they are wrong. Rubbish. Harry is the one that's usually wrong - 
> with 
> > unerring and boring predictability.
> 
> 
> Thanks, Kneasy!  This first hit me when Snape, in PoA, told Harry off 
> for sneaking into Hogsmeade, which made Harry livid; yet, when Lupin 
> said almost the same thing to him a moment or two later, he was 
> contrite.  As seen through Harry's filter, Snape was wrong and Lupin 
> was right!<snip>
> Ba

Can't let this one go!

I'm not arguing with Kneasy, after all there's no accounting for taste
(sure, it could be mine that's unaccountable...) --

When Snape caught Harry sneaking back from Hogsmeade, Harry acted like
a typical guilty kid.  Fear and dread are mentioned, silence and lies
are offered in turn, until:

"How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter," Snape said
suddenly, his eyes glinting. "He, too, was exceedingly arrogant.  A
small amount of talent on the Quidditch pitch made him think he was a
cut above the rest of us, too.  Strutting around the place with his
friends and admirers ... the resemblance between you is uncanny."

Which leads shortly to: "His head was so swollen -"

*Now* Harry's livid.

What Lupin said:

"Dont' expect me to cover up for you agian, Harry.  I cannot make you
take Sirius Black seriously.  But I would have thought that what you
have heard when the Dementors draw near you would have had more of an
effct on you.  Your parents gave their lives to keep you alive, Harry.
 A poor way to repay them - gambling their sacrifice for  a bag of
magic tricks."

Either they didn't say exactly the same thing, or that's some filter
Harry's got. ;)

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