[HPforGrownups] Re: Professor Snape's role

Antonia Maria Duchesne Siemaszko antonia at timself.net
Thu Jun 3 15:34:27 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 99975

 From: maa-dee [mailto:madettebeau at gmail.com]

>| It would be a surprisingly *sensative* thing for Snape to do IMHO
>| (telling the Order about the Dursleys' mistreatment of Harry, that
>| is), if he did do it. That is, recognizing the emotional abuse and
>| neglect they treated Harry with, and then acting on it so that others
>| would definitely change it for the better. At Hogwarts, Snape seems to
>| enjoy mistreating and humiliating Harry, so why should he help out
>| where the Dursleys are concerned? Perhaps this is because Snape had a
>| similar childhood? The pensieve memory likely indicates at the very
>| least a verbally abusive father. Upon seeing and recognizing it, maybe
>| he informed Sirius who then asked Lupin to say something to the
>| Dursleys next time at the train station.
>



I think however its qualitatively different what Snape does to Harry at 
school and what the Dursley's do at home. And even Snape would see the 
difference. Improperly clothed, fed, educated, sleeping in a broom closet 
under the stairs, that's a heckuva lot different than being snarked at for 
not knowing things in school or having points taken from one's house. Snape 
never did anything that deprived Harry of what one would consider normal 
living items. Also, one could say that Snape had to snark at Harry because 
if he didn't people might notice he was helping him, which doesnt help 
Harry much, but the other professional staff (minus Filch who treats 
EVERYONE THE SAME) were making up for Snape admirably. So it very well 
might have been Snape who told.

Tana 

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