[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's plant imagery

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 124416

> Carol: 
> That image caught my eye, too, and it seemed to suggest neglect on 
> the part of the adults in young Severus's life--his parents, his 
> head of house, maybe even Dumbledore. I think the boy Severus had 
> enormous potential,...edit... but that's what the image of the 
> pallid, neglected plant suggests to me, and I find it very sad.
> 

It's an interesting image because of the value-neutral description. 
A plant doesn't do well in the shade because the shade hates it; it
just lacks what it needs to grow and develop.  Put it in the sun and
it will flourish, not because the sun loves or approves of it, but
because it will provide the necessary nutrients the plant needs.

Had Snape had a few different or better breaks in his earlier life,
he might have ended up a different organism.

Magda


		
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