Snape and Umbridge and abuse again/ Ending for Snape

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 162957

Alla wrote:
> 
> He does not show it as much as Neville, that is for sure. Harry is 
> stronger, but I cannot interpret these quotes any other way as 
> rather subtle showing by JKR that Snape harmed Harry as well:
 
> "Wondering what on earth was doing here, he jumped when Snape's cold
> voice came out of the corner.
> "Shut the door behind you, Potter."
> Harry did as he was told with the horrible feeling that he was
> imprisoning himself as he did so." -OOP, paperback, p.529
> 
> 
> "Snape pulled out his wand from an inside pocket of his robes and
> Harry tensed in his chair, but Snape merely raised the wand to his
> temple and placed its tip into the greasy roots of his hair" - OOP,
> paperback, p.533.
>
Carol responds:
I think that Harry in these quotes could be described as nervous and
apprehensive rather than fearful. Certainly, he's had unpleasant
experiences with Snape and doesn't want to be there.

OTOH, in both instances, Harry is overreacting. Snape doesn't torture
him or keep him in permanent custody. He tells Harry what Occlumency
is and why he needs to learn it, and he teaches it as it must be
taught, using the Legilimens spell, which Harry is supposed to repel
using any spell he can think of, or better, using a mental method like
the one he used to repel Fake!Moody's Imperius Curse (a much Darker
spell worthy of a life sentence in Azkaban). 

And the tensing when Snape raises his wand is wholly unjustified. All
Snape does is remove thoughts from his own head.

So in a sense, Harry's nervousness is misdirection, suggesting that
Harry has reason to be afraid of him. But the context shows that the
need for caution or escape or self-defense is all in Harry's head.
He's in as much danger as he'd be going into a dentist's office,
enduring discomfort for his own good. No, the Occlumency lessons are
not fun, and are ultimately futile, but Harry's sense that he's
walking into danger or about to be attacked by anything worse than the
Legilimens spell (against which he's free to defend himself using his
wand) is just plain wrongheaded. 

Snape does not harm him here, nor is there any indication that his
previous sarcasm and point deductions have caused Harry any lasting
harm (other than a desire for revenge against Snape that I hope will
be rectified in Book 7).

Carol, understanding perfectly well why Harry doesn't like Snape but
seeing no indication that Harry need fear actual harm