Harry begins to act like someone I know...

[vmonte]

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Christelle wrote:

Dudley backed into the alley wall. Harry was pointing the wand
directly at Dudley's heart. Harry could feel fourteen year's hatred
of Dudley pounding in his veins_what wounldn't he give to strike now,
to jinx Dudley so thoroughly he'd have to crawl home like an insect,
struck dumb, sprouting feelers...*

So, there we have... two people who hate each other, one
humiliated/hurt by the other before, and the ex-victim ready to
make the bully pay, waiting for any excuse to strike.

Am I only one who sees the likeness? Do you know of other moments 
where Snape and Harry had the same reactions in similar situations?


vmonte responds:

Harry and Snape have similar backgrounds.  The difference between 
them is how they deal with there past.  Snape is bitter and cannot 
let go of the past, while Harry is compassionate and is able to care 
for others.  

The begining of OOTP also reminds me of the penseive scene but in a 
different way.  If you didn't know who Dudley was and happened to 
come upon the scene where Harry is taunting him (the scene right 
before the dementor attack), what kind of an opinion would you have 
of Harry?  Would you think that Harry was a bully? (I'm not condoning 
Sirius and James actions towards Snape, but we also don't know 
anything about what, if anything, may have precipitated that 
event.)   

vmonte