Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88876

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alina" <alina at d...> wrote:
> <snip>
> > Quote:
> > "'Snape was trying to save me?'
> > 'Of course,' said Quirrel coolly. 'Why do you think he wanted to
> > referee your next match? He was trying to make sure I dodn't do it
> > again... All the other teachers thought Snape was trying to stop
> > Gryffindor winning, he DID make himself unpopular...'" (PS p. 209 UK
> > Ed).
> >
> > Snape was willing to make himself unpopular to keep Harry safe...
> <snip>
> > Berit
> 
> I'm pretty sure you're misreading that quote. Snape isn't making himself
> unpopular to make Harry safe. I think what Rowling meant there was that
> Snape was planning to make Harry safe, however because he was already
> unpopular with the rest of the staff, they assumed he was planning to
> sabotage the game.
> 
> Alina.

Actually, Berit is right. The quote says quite clearly that he "made
himself unpopular" via his choice to referee the game. There's no
evidence that he's unpopular with the other teachers (e.g. Flitwick or
Sprout) and he's constantly in McGonagall's company. Those two are
with Dumbledore almost as often as Ron and Hermione are with Harry or
Crabbe and Goyle with Draco Malfoy. In fact, I'm pretty sure that
despite the show they make of the Gryffindor/Slytherin rivalry,
they're allies or even friends ("I couldn't look Severus Snape in the
eye for weeks" after a Gryffindor defeat--why worry about looking
someone in the eye if they're someone you dislike?) Also, they work
together to get the useless Lockhart out of the way (and into Harry's
and Ron's company) when Ginny Weasley is captured; they both oppose
Umbridge, etc. And Dumbledore, of course, not only trusts Snape but
worries about his safety when he sends him off on a prearranged
mission in GoF. However much the students dislike Snape (and most of
them, except the Slytherins, do), there's no indication that the
teachers share their antipathy.

Carol