Snapes punishing assignments are to help Harry?

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No: HPFGUIDX 93192

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mclellyn" <ellyn337 at e...> 
wrote:
> I was listening to OOTP in the background at work and the Moonstone 
> essay hit me as something to research.  <snip> In looking up the 
properties of 
> moonstone there is a protective quality for travelers, but the 
> property that jumped out at me is it is to help with EMOTIONAL 
> BALANCE.   Well, if in any book Harry needed help with emotional 
> balance it was this one.  So did Snape assign it to help Harry with 
> his temper and troubles with Umbridge?
> 
> So now I'm wondering, has anyone looked into the past assignments 
by 
> Snape to see if they would have helped Harry?  Let me know!
> 
> Gadfly McLellyn who thought Snape was in it for himself, but may 
have to seriously rethink this.

JMHO, but Snape has ALWAYS been giving Harry vital lessons and/or 
help when seeming to be harrassing him.  Their first encounter in 
that first potions lesson for instance.  I'll bet Harry never forgets 
what a bezoar is or where it comes from.  Or, what the difference 
between monk's hood and wolfbane is?  Or what you get when you mix 
asveryl(sp?) and wormwood?  Someone else once pointed out that when 
Harry got frustrated because he wanted to get to the Headmaster's 
office, but didn't know the password, Snape didn't directly assist 
him (that would have been too kind and quite unusual for Snape ;-D), 
but got him so brassed off that he started shouting, thereby alerting 
Professor Dumbledore.
Lynnette, who thinks Snape IS a good guy, even if he is NOT a nice
guy!

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