[HPforGrownups] Teaching Styles / Sorting Hat

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 157873

Betsy Hp:
So Snape is making an important point.  Neville needs to learn to pay
attention and follow directions, or someone might get hurt.  
Snape is doing the best he can to reach him.  I think it's especially
telling that Snape expresses a bit of frustration before he comes up with
using Trevor as a guinea pig.  Snape has been trying to get that message
across, and this is one way he's thought of for doing so.



Sherry now:
Perhaps Snape should have used a pet of his own for the experiment then.
There is no way to make threatening to poison a timid boy's beloved pet
justifiable in my opinion.  It is just a cruel twisted thing to do.  I find
it one of the most telling things about Snape's character that he could sink
to such a mean bullying act.  And it isn't telling in a positive light for
me.

Sherry
who really, really hates that scene and could never forgive Snape for it, if
the incident was a real life experience.