[HPforGrownups] Re: Eileen Pince

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 156255


wynnleaf <fairwynn at hotmail.com> wrote:    

wynnleaf: 

I think this is really crucial to understanding why Snape hated James'
"arrogance" so much. It's one thing to watch another boy showing off
with the snitch or messing with his hair. Snape might look down on
that, or think "how stupid," but I doubt if that would inspire hatred
-- it's just not important enough. But if the other boy uses
ridiculing you and bullying you in public as a means of showing off --
making you a public exhibition for his entertainment *and* to show the
girls what a *cool* guy he is -- well, yeah, I can understand hating
someone for that. 

Joe: I know a lot of people aren't going to get this but James Potter was behaving like all most all boys do as they grow up. If you have a son, husband or boyfriend they almost certainly have done something similar in the past. 
   
  It is classic pack behavior and like it or not teenage boys do behave like that. It is true that those that see themselves as stronger are more likely to do so than those who think of themselves 
as weak but regardless almost all of them will have done it at some point.
   
  It is interesting to note that no other boys interfere in what happens, only Lily Potter. Who doesn't understand that she is only making things worse.
   
  I think we see this memory because it shows Snape and James at a crucial juncture. We know that James grows up to be a good and brave man and we know Snape grows up to join the Death Eaters.
   
  Perhaps this is just another reinforcement of the whole "It is our choices that make us who we are" theme.
   
  Joe








 		
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