Why has DD never suggested Harry thank Snape?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117331


"queen_astrofiammante" wrote:
> Thanks for an interesting post, which I enjoyed reading. Here, 
> briefly, is something that occurs to me about Snape. How is he 
> regarded, not by Dumbledore, not by Harry and his other pupils, but 
> by his colleagues and by other adults?
><snip>

> I shouldn't think Hagrid likes him much, but can't remember any 
> specific references off the top of my head. I'm sure there are some 
> if other people care to post them. Similarly, I can't remember there 
> being much from Flitwick or Sprout.

Carol"
In SS/PS, when the Trio suspects Snape of trying to steal the stone
and later of trying to kill Harry by cursing him in the Quidditch
match, Hagrid tells them that Professor Snape wouldn't do that. And
Hagrid is proven right when Harry encounters Quirrellmort near the end
of the book. I can find the page refs if you want them.

As for Flitwick and Sprout, check the scene near the end of CoS where
all the teachers, notably the other three Heads of Houses, follow
Snape's lead in exposing Lockhart as a coward and a fraud: )"The man!
The very man!") Again, I can find the page number if you want it.

Carol, who trusts Dumbledore's judgment in trusting Snape