Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 114572


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "djrfdh" <djrfdh at y...> wrote:
> 
> Has everyone forgotten that the reason Snape hates Harry so much is 
> because James saved Snapes' life? Some have said James did so to 
keep 
> him and his "gang" from being expelled from Hogwarts; pehaps this 
is 
> the case....why would anyone feel such hatred for someone who had 
> saved their life unless there were other reasons involved? (Me 
thinks 
> there are "other" factors which we do not know yet....perhaps in 
book 
> six? Which I wish would be forthcoming soon!)

Good points.  Of course their is also the suspicion regarding Snape 
and Lily.  Don't know if I buy into that one, either.  Somebody a 
while back (wish I could remember the name) put forward an 
interesting theory: Snape is so irritated by James because people 
ASSUME he should be grateful toward him when in fact Snapes feels no 
obligation to be grateful at all.

Also, let's remember that most of the "James saving Snape" info came 
from a third party.  We have yet to hear Snape's take on the 
situation.
> 
> Does anyone know any of Snape's previous history? Who were his 
> parents? Is he a pureblood or a mudblood?

One would assume a pureblood, given that he was a DE and a 
Slytherin.  I don't think it's ever been made explicit, however.

 How did he get the job of 
> Potion's Instructor? Did Dumbledore give him the job because he was 
a 
> brilliant student, or because he felt it would help Snape's morale, 
> or was Snape forced into the position because DD knows something we 
> do not?

Well, the standard explanation here seems to be that he is acting as 
DD's spy and so DD had to find some way to keep him close at hand.

> 
> Don't like Snape; had too many teachers like him....snideness; 
> cruelty and unjust punishment does NOTHING to make a student a 
better 
> person....it DOES, however, instill wicked thoughts of "pay-back"!
> 
> if you're a Snape-lover, that says alot about you!

True.  And all the excuses that he's just a fictional character 
aren't very convincing, either.