Snape's class (was Re: HBP chapters 21-23 post DH look

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184396

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> Alla:
> 
> He is lucky he did not lose more points for correctly answered 
> question?????  Okay. I really do not have much to say then.
> 
> But I do need to ask this question since that may change my 
> interpretation of this scene completely. Where did Snape gave him 
> points in that scene? Can you refer me to canon, please?
> 
> Thanks.

Potioncat:
Well, this is really tongue in cheek you know. But Snape--being Snape-
-could have taken points from Harry for talking. Instead he turns the 
question on Harry and responds to the answer with sarcasm. So Snape---
being Snape--- allowed the points Harry might have earned to cancel 
out the points he might have lost.

Although the more I think of it, the more generous Snape appears. 
Since he 'never' gives points to Gryffindors, there wasn't any points 
to cancel the ones Harry could have lost.

But, to be serious. Snape called on Harry because Harry was talking. 
It's a time honored approach used by many kinds of teachers. It stops 
the distraction, and it gets that student's attention. So I see 
nothing wrong in Snape calling on Harry for an answer to Seamus's 
question.

As to the sarcasm, I enjoy it in this work of fiction. Would not in 
real life.