[HPforGrownups] Question for Snape Bashers

[Batchevra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 101786

In a message dated 6/17/04 8:34:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, foxmoth at qnet.com 
writes:
>We are concerned for Neville and Harry because we agree that 
abuse can cause lasting damage, meaning symptoms that 
persist even in the face of powerful incentives to change. These 
symptoms may include paradoxical effects like sadism and 
inappropriate aggression. We agree it would not be realistic to 
deal with abuse in the novels and not show these effects. 

Why, then, are Snape's sadism and inappropriate aggression 
not read as  the realistic results of abuse? If abuse causes 
lasting damage, why expect that Snape should have gotten over 
it?

Pippin<

I am not a Snape basher, I think that Snape, Harry and Remus will have to 
work together to ultimately defeat Voldemort, Neville will help also, but I am 
not sure that he will have to do more or less than the others. Having said that, 
Snape is in a position of authority, and he abuses that authority in that he 
bullies both Harry and Neville. Snape was abused by his parents, I don't know 
enough of the story behind the relationship between Snape, James, Sirius, 
Peter and Remus to say that one is more at fault for the enmity. I need more 
information. Never said that Snape had to get over it, just not take it out on 
children who had nothing to do with what happened before. 

Batchevra ( who needs more time in the day to read the posts)


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