[HPforGrownups] Why is Slughorn raving about Lily instead of Snape?

[Cheryl]

No: HPFGUIDX 133972

 

-----Original Message-----
From: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Florentine Maier

 

>I find it highly peculiar that Slughorn constantly compares Harry's 
>potions ability to Lily's. Slughorn must have been teaching Snape too, 
>who has been in the same year as Lily. Wouldn't it make more sense if 
>Harry reminded him of Snape?
 
My take on this was that, perhaps, Snape and Lily had sat near each other in
Potions and Snape had helped Lily by writing down his potion improvements
for her to peek at.  I remember something like this being done when I was in
school:-) Why would Slughorn constantly compare Harry's potions abilities to
Lily's? 1) Harry is her son, and that causes him to think of her.Harry is
not Snape's son 2) Slughorn, as apparently many other people did, really
liked Lily so he raved about her instead of about Snape, who was as talented
at potions, but not as likeable.  I don't automatically take Snape's
"mudblood" comment to mean that he didn't like Lily.  Perhaps he was either
rejected by her, didn't want anyone to suspect he had feelings for her
(maybe that is why both James and Snape went down to the lake after class
--- maybe it was where she usually went).  I have known instances in my like
of people, unfortunately, being mean to people they, beneath the surface,
actually liked.

 

Cheryl 

 

 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]