First potions lesson

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No: HPFGUIDX 145820

>Irene
>People make it sound as if Snape singled out Harry for
>attacking him with Imperio five times in the row.
>Rabid dog indeed.
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>I read this scene as Snape trying to make two points:
>1. I have very high standards here, come to the
>lessons prepared or suffer.
>2. No special treatment for celebrities.

Orna:
He wasn't just asking questions – he sneered at Harry, as if he 
posed himself as a celebrity. 
He asked things – he didn't tell pupils to study before – OK, you 
may say that's the way he makes his point about the standard – well 
there are some additional ways of making this point, without 
sneering at a student, IMO. Actually, he has special treatment for 
celebrities – negative-way.
OTOH - I can think, Snape, knowing Lily had some curiosity, whether 
Harry had natural potion-gifts or curiosity, or just his father's 
arrogance. He might even assume Harry had learned his mother was 
talented in potions, and therefore would have read the textbook in 
advance. 
He is not a nice person, Snape, but he might be just curious. As a 
matter of fact, Harry's non-reading anything between the time he 
learned about the WW, and his parents, and his arrival at Hogwarts 
is funny in a way. Hermione told him that she would have found 
everything she could.
I think it has been mentioned, that even in HBP, when he meets 
Slughorn – he listens to everything he tells him about his mother – 
but refrains from asking questions.  
Actually, Snape, in his ever-so-irritating way - has a point.

Orna