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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:

> It's equal between the two of them, then.  Harry will barely 
practice;
> Snape will barely teach.  Sure, Snape fires "Legilimens" at Harry, 
and
> Harry has some success at repelling it.  But all along in Potions
> class, Snape is very effectively sabotaging Occlumency lessons with 
a
> major increase in Potter-baiting ("Empty your mind, Potter! Oh, and
> another zero, then). The least he could have done would have been to
> keep the Harry-goading down to normal levels.
> 
> Not to mention that blame for Snape goes back to their very first
> class. Snape can't stand rule-breaking upstarts? In general? If 
Snape
> hadn't shown a very *personal* dislike right out on his sleeve, he
> would have acted very differently -- and Harry would have seen him 
as
> stern and formidable, but would probably have been able to respect
> him. Kind of like the way he respects McGonagall, who also takes a 
dim
> view of rule-breaking and took 50 points from him in his first year
> for doing something Harry thought necessary.
> 
> From the very beginning, Snape deliberately antagonised the boy when
> he knew perfectly well how important he would be in the fight 
against
> Voldemort. Even if Snape had a good reason for that, such as
> protecting his cover, that's hardly Harry's fault.



Alla: Anne, word of agreement from me.:o)

True, we don't know how Occlumency was supposed to be taught , but it 
surely did not look like Snape tried hard.  

Why, why, why Snape could not show Harry some kind of fair treatment 
from the beginning? Why?

I don't think that he would have blown his cover, if he was fair to 
the boy, NOT playing favourites, or anything.




> 
> Kneasy previously :
> > Harry really  isn't a very nice person in  this book, but so far 
as he's
> > concerned he's being perfectly reasonable and it's all somebody 
else's
> > fault. I can't agree.  Harry is directly culpable for the death of
> Sirius.
> > Because he wouldn't listen to those in a position to know better.
> > 
> > Kneasy
> 
> Annemehr:
> <likes Harry just fine, as usual  ;) >
> 
> Just to mention in passing that Harry wasn't the only one whose
> personality took a turn for the worse in OoP, though he had the best
> reasons.  And, okay, I'd give Harry a *share* in guilt for Sirius'
> death, but not the largest one, mind.



Exactly, thanks. I hope I am not getting in trouble for this post. 
Too much of " Me, too" :o)

Everybody screwed up in this book, absolutely everybody, but 
something tells me that adults did it much more than any of the kids.



Alla