[HPforGrownups] Re: Please explain. . .

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 144182


--- nrenka <nrenka at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On the other hand, does Neville *think* that Trevor
> is in danger?  If 
> so, then the point of the exercise is, in part, to
> scare Neville with 
> the life of his pet.  For Neville's state of mind,
> whether Trevor is 
> actually in danger is irrelevant, because he doesn't
> *know* that 
> nothing will happen. 

This is so much fun. How can we blame Snape for what
Neville thinks?
When McGonagall asked Quirrel to "borrow Wood", Harry
thought she's going to cane him. Was she sadistic as
well?

The famous "poisons" lesson, where Harry was called
for wands measurement and thought that Snape didn't
have time to poison him - my 9 year old daughter
laughed herself silly: "Doesn't Harry understand Snape
only said it to make him work harder on his antidote?"
It's hardly Dostoyevsky-level psychology at works
here.

Irene


		
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