James and the Dark Arts.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 91023

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rach9112000" 
<RACH911 at a...> wrote:
> My question is, why did James hate the DA so much? I can't 
believe it's simply because he found the subject difficult because 
we know  James was very intelligent.  If anyone knows any 
canon for why he hates the DA please let me know  because it 
would appear he hated the DA prior to the war on  Voldemort. <<

There's not much to go on, but considering that his animal was 
the stag, perhaps James hated the Dark Arts because, deep 
down,  he was afraid of them. And since Gryffindors aren't 
supposed to be afraid of anything, it made him ashamed, and he 
took it out on Snape. That's my theory, anyway. 

Pippin