Apologizing to Snape?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 139183

vmonte
>>"Harry didn't know whether he was imagining it or not, but he seemed
to keep running into Snape wherever he went. At times he wondered
whether Snape was following him, trying to catch him on his own.
Potions lessons were turning into a sort of weekly torture, Snape was
so horrible (I'm reminded of JKR's comment that Snape is a "deeply
horrible" person) to Harry. Could Snape possibly know they'd found
out about the Sorceror's Stone? Harry didn't see how he could--yet he
sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds"
(p221, SS).

>>CathyD:
But don't you find (I do) that if you're in a bad situation with 
someone, you run into them everywhere? This is just before the 
Quidditch match that Snape has arranged to officiate so he can 
protect Harry from any further jinxes. Also, by this time in the book 
Snape is well aware, I think, of what Quirrell's true intentions are 
and what's riding around under his turban. Add to this the fact that 
Harry hardly ever makes a proper job of doing homework (for any
class), seldom pays attention in class, already mistrusts Snape from 
the first moment of the beginning feast when the meeting Snape's eyes 
coincided with Harry's scar hurting, and on top of all that believes 
Snape is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone. It's no wonder 
Potions classes were turning into a weekly torture.

vmonte:
Cathy, you are making excuses for Snape :). Do you really believe 
that my quote has anything to do with Harry being irrational?--again? 
Harry does not know during SS/PS that Legimency even exists, that 
Snape can reads minds; yet he feels the intrusion--he has a feeling 
about it. We know that Snape has used Legimency on people before--
Fake!Moody on the stairs, Dumbledore. I am certain that Harry is 
right on the mark with this. And I think that Harry has always been 
right about Snape. Harry lived with the female version of Snape. 
Petunia's hatred of Lily is very much like Snape's hatred of James. 

Vivian