Apologizing to Snape? (was: Harry's story, not Snape's)

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No: HPFGUIDX 139098

Ceridwen:

> I always read it that Harry has difficulty 
> with the niceties of life because of his 
> upbringing, or lack thereof.

houyhnhnm:

I see Harry almost as a feral child with respect to socialization.  
He's a kid who's had his back to the wall all his life.  Given that, I 
think it's extraordinary that his impulses toward those smaller and 
weaker than himself are basically kind.  I agree with Dumbledore that 
he is an exceptional person. But he is very confrontational with 
adults.  I expect that if he were not the *famous Harry Potter* he 
would have problems with most of his teachers, not just Snape.