HBP's Potion book

[Cassy Ferris]

No: HPFGUIDX 155572


carodave92 <carodave92 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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  maybe coming to Hogwarts 
as a poor student (and a half-blood one at that) primed Snape to 
look for acceptance where he could find it, ie, the Death Eaters.

  Cassy:
  It seems somehow strange to me that a poor half-blood found acceptance from the Death Eaters, of all people. They should despise his muggle parentage by definition, it's in their political program, so to say. And we all remember on how many occasions Malfoy made fun of Weasleys' poverty. I believe the older generation of Slytherins looked down on their not so wealthy classmates the same way.
   
  Interestingly, Harry outlines several similarities between Snape and Riddle. Perhaps one of the reasons for Snape to be accepted in the inner circle was that LV could relate more to him than to members of wizard aristocracy, such as Malfoys or Blacks. That is, if we suppose that LV considers his followers persons, not simply tools.