The Key to Snape

[Annette]

No: HPFGUIDX 113388

 pippin wrote:

> I was re-reading Dudley Demented yesterday, and I realized it 
> contains the Snape fan's holy grail--a possible insight into what 
> is going on in our potion master's greasy little head when he 
> torments Harry.Consider the similarities in their  situations. 
Harry is confined at Privet Drive, a place full of bad memories where 
everybody except Hedwig is afraid of him. He has a deadly enemy, and 
he has no idea what that enemy is doing.  
(<<<< large snip) 
> If you substitute Snape for Harry, and Harry for Dudley, it sounds 
> like it could fit, though of course Snape's old memories are of 
> James, not Harry. 

Annette:
******   yes, plausible. But I have a hard time equating the teenage 
angst of Harry that is behind his revenge with the cold, calculating 
cruelty of the supposedly mature Snape. Is the rationale for Snape's 
unworthy behaviour simply down to his worst memory as seen in the 
Pensieve scene? there's far more to know yet.Although I admit the 
similarities between Harry and Snape are compelling, both having been 
victims of child abuse. Emotionally they are both immature and maybe 
this chapter allows the reader the opportunity to wonder which path 
will Harry take, in the end he does what is right and resists the 
temptation to take Dudders to the wall.


 * the mushroom treatment, ie to keep someone in the dark and 
 feed them bovine waste product
*******LOL! nice one !

Annette