Harry learning from Snape (was: stopper death)

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No: HPFGUIDX 114410

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> Why should Harry have to be the one to do that?  Snape is the 
adult 
> and the teacher in that situation.  He should be the one to 
swallow 
> his attitude and buckle down.  Why doesn't Dumbledore sit the man 
> down and tell him to stop acting like a whiny first year and teach 
> Harry without the attitude or the attempts at failing him?  For 
gods 
> sake, Dumbledore put a man in charge of Harry's education who 
wants 
> Harry to fail.  Harry may need to take responsibility for his 
> learning, and he should, but Snape needs to take his 
responsiblility 
> as his teacher seriously. (hee, I actually wrote siriusly and had 
to 
> go back and change it)  What I want to see in the next book is 
> Dumbledore grow a spine when it comes to Snape and make him treat 
> Harry better.
> 


Alla:

I agree with ... let's say 95% of your post.

I also absolutely do not buy multiple excuses for Snape NOT to 
improve his behaviour. Poor dear, he is so damaged that he is just 
unable to stop his harassment of Harry and Neville. Not buying that, 
sorry. I mean, I am buying that Snape is very damaged, I am just not 
buying that he has to be excused because of that

But I agree with Susan in a sense that I also want Harry to learn 
everything that possible from Snape and try and disregard all those 
insults.

The thing is, I have no doubt, as I said many many times that such 
thing will happen in the middle of book seven or earlier - Harry 
will become the mature one and will learn  how not to let Snape's 
insults get to him. If nothing else, I think it plot dictaed .

Something which I am not sure will happen and which is one of my 
biggest desires though is to see Snape changed - not for Harry, for 
him. Not to become "fuzzy bunny in a pink slippers" (Sorry, I heard 
that expression once and I think I might have misused some words in 
it :o). Feel free to correct me. :)), but just let go of his hatred.

I think it will benefit him. No matter how much I enjoy his 
character from the literary sense, I DO HOPE for Snape's achieving 
some final transformation at the end. I am also hoping that he will 
still be alive at the end.


Oh, and if I were you, I would not hold my breath hoping that 
Dumbledore grew a spine on that issue. Remember, we still don't know 
why Dumbledore trusts him.