"Professor" Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 98237

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
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> 
>  What does Harry accomplish by all his 
> theatrical demonstrations of disdain?  He sabotages his own 
> occlumency lessons with Snape.  He gets his hand sliced up for 
> detention with Umbridge.  He draws attention to himself at every 
> turn, so that he and his friends have to sneak around and elude 
> hostile scrutiny.  By contrast, Snape and the rest of the teachers 
> carry out a completely effective campaign to tie up and neutralize 
> Umbridge while maintaining a respectful and even agreeable facade.  


OK, posting from work, so this will be short. :o)

What Harry accomplishes by standing up for himself against Snape? If 
nothing else, he manages to keep his self-esteem and not getting 
scared when Snape has a go at him, unlike poor Neville does.(hoping 
that this would change in the future books).

If this is the lesson Dumbledore wants Harry to learn - how to resist 
people like Snape, he sure succeeds.




 
> It's only a question of degree.  If he isn't being disrespectful, 
> then why is Dumbledore always correcting him? 
> 
> Wanda

As Pippin said, Dumbledore also stops Snape when he starts his "anti-
Harry rants"


Alla