Snape's abuse (Re: Would an "O" for Harry vindicate Snape?)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 131597

> > Pippin:
  
> > What is your canon for saying that Neville has no recourse? . As
> > far as we know, Neville has never complained to any adult in 
> > authority, and neither  has Harry. Hagrid doesn't count, since at 
> > that point Hagrid was only the gamekeeper.  

Phoenixgod: 
> Ahh, yes. Recourse. Who would that be again. 

Pippin:
"You will find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those
who ask for it." --Albus Dumbledore, CoS 14

Maybe Neville has learned helplessness, or maybe he, like Harry,
wants to show he is tough enough to take it. But you can't deny,
I think, that the emphasis in the series, and from JKR herself,
is that it's sometimes right, but not easy, to ask for help.

Now granted, the help that is given may not be the kind of help
that Harry or Neville wants -- Harry is told that lipping
Umbridge is not the way to go,  but he does get help from the 
Order and Dobby in setting up the DA.

Pippin