Teaching Neville & Blood Prejudice(was:Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting...)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 129471

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > By telling Neville exactly what to do, Hermione prevents Neville 
> > from learning on his own, reinforces Neville's belief that he 
can't
> > do potions and gets in the way of Snape's efforts to get through 
to
> > a troubled student.  Hermione was trying to be nice, but she 
acted 
> > as an enabler and in the end did Neville no favors.  
> > 
> > Betsy
> 
> 
> Yup.  Which is why I see Snape's side of things, even though I
> completely disagree with the way he treats Neville.
> 
> If Hermoine really wanted to help Neville, she'd talk to him after
> class or help with his homework or try to talk up his confidence
> before class. Instead she gets him over the immediate hump and then
> walks away, leaving him no better off.  
> 
> And Snape - who's figured that if saving his pet isn't enough
> motivation for Neville to get it right, nothing is - watches as his
> effort fizzles because Hermione "helped" again.
> 
> Notice, though, that Snape doesn't remove Hermione from Neville's
> vicinity; he could easily break up the class and pair people from
> different houses if he wanted.  Would Neville learn more partnering
> with Draco or Pansy Parkinson?  *shudders to think*
> 
> Perhaps keeping Hermione and Neville close to each other is Snape's
> Plan B.
> 
> Magda
> 


Hickengruendler:

I have one major problem with this reasoning. Snape actually never 
discovered that Hermione helped Neville. He suspected it (correctly, 
of course), because Neville's potion was correct. Therefore the 
reason the students were punished was that Neville's potion was 
correct, and Snape obviously did not expect this. This suggests 
strongly, IMO, that he wanted Neville to fail and therefore he also 
didn't care if some major harm would have happened to Trevor. (Well, 
he didn't care anyway). If it were his aim to help Neville, than he 
should have been happy that his plan was working and that Neville 
showed some success. But this wasn't the case.

Hickengruendler