[HPforGrownups] Snapes punishing assignments are to help Harry?

[Jen Snyder]

No: HPFGUIDX 93271

Well, in PoA when he's standing in as DADA teacher for Lupin he does assign
the class an essay on how to recognize werewolves...I'm not sure if that was
for Harry's benefit, per se, but he was certainly trying to communicate
something to the class...

And, I know that I'm not supposed to mention it, but in the movie version of
SS Snape's behavior when he gives Harry the answers to his questions in the
first potions class is quite striking...

Jen (who promises that she will take this topic to the movie list and never,
never mention it again here...)
  -----Original Message-----
  From: mclellyn [mailto:ellyn337 at earthlink.net]
  Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:54 PM
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Snapes punishing assignments are to help Harry?


  I was listening to OOTP in the background at work and the Moonstone
  essay hit me as something to research.  (Yes, I am one of those
  strange creatures who love to research.  Wish I could get a job doing
  it, but I digress).  I was researching it to support my Snape-put-a-
  stopper-in-Harry's-death-by-Voldie's-AK-so-Harry's-fame-should-be-
  Snape's-fame theory, but instead what I found is that I think Snape
  was trying to help Harry out.  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.




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