Readers' expectations and change of them along the ride.

[John Paul Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 176930

Potioncat wrote:

> Learning that Snape was a Half- blood was a big surprise and I 
> expected some explanation of why a  Half-blood would become a DE.


JP:

Did anyone else find it strangely curious that both Voldemort and Snape 
were both mudbloods?  I found this highly curious.  I talked with some 
folks about it and everytime someone eventually brought up Hitler and 
his hatred of Jews and praising of the blonde haired/blue-eyed Arian, 
which obvously he was not.  An intentional parrellogram?  Or maybe 
quite simply she is stating that desire to attain something which is 
impossible drives people's hatred of themselves to insanity.