Snape--Abusive?

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No: HPFGUIDX 114748


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alex Boyd" <alex51324 at h...> 
wrote:
>> I was very troubled by the posts suggesting that Harry 
should "stand
> up to Snape," mostly because I can't imagine such a scene being
> satisfying.  We already know that Harry isn't cowed by Snape; he
> doesn't need to prove it in a really obvious way.  If Harry stood 
up
> in class and told Snape to behave more professionally, it would
> probably come across to me  (as it certainly would to Snape) as 
Harry
> being a brat.  There would be no emotional payoff to Harry 
standing up
> to Snape; it wouldn't mark any particular development in his
> character.  But if *Neville* stands up to Snape...that would be
> totally different.  Neville *does* have to prove that he's not 
cowed
> by Snape.  (However, I see it happening in Book 6--after he stands 
up
> to Lestrange, it would seem very odd if he goes back to Hogwarts 
for
> sixth year and he's just as afraid of Snape as he always was.)
> 



Alla:

Hi, Alex!

I don't know about others, but I certainly was not suggesting that 
Harry should do MORE standing up to Snape right now. What he already 
does is enough to me. I was just trying to get across my strong 
opposition to Pippin and some other posters' point that Harry should 
start smiling at Snape's insults.


I mean laughter is the best medicine, sure, but not always, IMO.


Moreover, I am not opposed to Harry temporarily abandoning his 
resistance to Snape in favor of defeating Voldemort. but it would 
not mean to me that Snape is right by any means, just that Harry 
sees a bigger goal in mind and prepares to fry a bigger fish (as 
Valky so eloquently put it)

I was also trying to get across my point that IMO the ONLY reason 
why Snape's insults do not always get under Harry's skin is because 
Harry won't let them, not because Snape 's intention is not to be 
abusive.

Despite all of that, I once posted quotes that sometimes Harry IS 
afraid of Snape.