Why Snape hates Neville

[Kelsy]

No: HPFGUIDX 127625


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mfterman" <mfterman at yahoo.com>

> What makes Snape's treatment of Neville so interesting is that 
> Snape almost certainly has to know about what happened to 
> Neville's parents. That they were tortured into madness by Death 
> Eaters. Given that Snape is a reformed Death Eater (theoretically), 
> there's the question of why Snape would be cruel to someone who 
> has suffered so much at the hands of Death Eaters. If Snape was 
> the person to switch sides, he's not totally without a conscience.


My take on the Snape hates Neville is that maybe to Snape Neville 
is a constant reminder of Snape's "dark side" or shortcomings. It 
may be that Snape regrets things that he had done while a Death 
Eater and that Neville is a living reminder of all that he and his 
old "friends" did to others. He may be so cruel not intentionally 
to Neville, but out of the anger he has inside for all that he did. 
Could it be that Snape's conscience bothers him and that the "hatred" we see is really guilt?

Kelsy