Severus Snape's character

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juli17 at a... wrote:
> I'm not going to quote anyone, since there are so many posts on
> this subject(!), but I do have a few thoughts regarding Severus
> Snape's character and his interactions with other characters.
> 
> 2. Snape treats all students with equal doses of nastiness?
> 
> Not by a long shot. I've been re-reading POA, and Snape definitely
> favors Slytherins. In the first Potions class scene, Snape makes
> Ron and Harry prepare Draco's potion because Draco is nursing his
> supposedly injured arm. It's a safe bet that if Harry came to class
> with his arms actually cut off, Snape would tell him to quit whining
> and fix his own potion, with his toes if necessary!

>
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I thought it was interesting you chose this example.  To me it is one 
time Snape's behavior is reasonable.  Draco joins Harry and Ron, then 
says he cannot prepare his supplies.  Snape makes them prepare the 
ingredients  and does give Draco the better prepared ones....but that 
was fair. At least, had it been anyone other than Draco it would hve 
seemed fair.  We know what happened, Ron and Harry know what 
happened.  Does Snape?  And if he does, he at least handles this 
episode without sneering.

I'd also like to know how Draco pulled the wool over Pomfrey's eyes.  
Or I'd like to know if there is any chance he wasn't faking.

Now, if Harry had indeed come to class in the same state as Draco and 
we saw a different reaction, that would be meaningful.

I'm not so much denying that Snape treats the Gryffindors unfairly, 
as I am saying that this episode doesn't seem like a good example of 
it.  

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