"Professor" Snape

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 98241

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 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.
> 
I don't know if this is precisely what Dumbledore wants Harry to 
learn.  I've never noticed him to be especially concerned about 
anyone's "self-esteem", to use that very current expression. 
And "resisting" Snape is almost the opposite of what Dumbledore asks 
of Harry, to no avail. Whatever Harry accomplishes by mouthing off 
to his elders seems to be purely Harry-centric - it certainly helps 
no one else.

Wanda