Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

[festuco]

No: HPFGUIDX 122221



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998"
<eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:

> Harry was wrong to resent having a sadistic teacher who couldn't or 
> wouldn't teach Occlumency properly? Harry was wrong to resent being 
> thrown across the room, pelted with objects and threatened? I don't 
> think so.

Well, I don't see any difference in the way he teaches Occlumency
compared to the way he teaches potions. As for the second comment: the
little sneak got off far lighter than he deserved, and the only way
that was, was because these lessons were a secret so there was no way
Snape could explain why he would have kept some memories in a pensieve
when teaching extra potions. What really, really bothers me in Harry
is that he never, ever, even considers going back to Snape to
apologize. He feels sorry for young Snape, is disillusioned about his
dad, but nowhere we see that he feels remorse or even guilt about
violating another persons privacy on purpose. Going back after a few
days to say he was terribly wrong really would have shown character.
But he prefers being ignored in potions class, the easy way out. 

As for the Trevor scene: Neville honestly thought Snape would potions
his toad, and I bet Snape knew that, and he also knew that Hermione
would help. He's too experiences a teachter not to. Snape was being
vile here, there are other ways he could pressure Neville that would
have motivated him to do the work himself, instead of begging Hermione
for help (and thus learning not as much). 

Gerry