Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> Jen: Whenever I read a thread on this issue, I'm always reminded of 
> this quote by JKR:
> 
> Q: "Why does Professor Dumbledore allow Professor Snape to be so 
> nasty to the students (especially to Harry, Hermione, and Neville)? 
> 
> A: "Dumbledore believes there are all sorts of lessons in life; 
> horrible teachers like Snape are one of them!"
> 
> (Barnes and Noble Chat, 2000)



That is very very true, but after ooP I strongly question 
Dumbledore's wisdom in making such decision.

 
> By extrapolation, I imagine that if someone asked JKR why Hogwarts 
> was the type of school that allows Lupin to make a mockery of Snape 
> in his class, she might have a very similar answer, something along 
> the lines of, "well, the WW believes there are all sorts of lessons 
> in life and having to face the consequences of magic is one of 
> them!" 
> 
> Maybe Lupin's motives *weren't* pure in that moment, maybe he 
didn't 
> think ahead, or he did think ahead and decided Neville and Harry 
> were up for the challenge. Snape certainly got the opportunity to 
> get back when he trashed Lupin in front of the class and later 
outed 
> him as a werewolf. Certainly the children felt Snape's actions 
> deprived them of one of their best teachers. So if one has dirty 
> hands, the other does as well. Are the kids losers in all this? 
Yes, 
> by our standards.


I am sure humiliating Snape came as extra bonus to Lupin, but I still 
think that he had Neville's needs in mind when he taught him how to 
deal with Boggart!Snape.


Yes, Snape did not stop bullying Neville at all, but if even once 
when Snape has a go at him, Neville can imagine dear Severus in a  
dress and laugh, if his confidence increased at least tiny-tiny bit, 
Lupin achieved his purpose.

Snape certainly got him good, poor man still could not find a job at 
the end of OoP.




Alla.
 
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