First lesson WAS: Re: Marietta, was Slytherin's Reputation

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 185689

> > Montavilla47:
> > Actually, this is the part that I find most interesting about
> > the exchange between Harry and Snape.  We've seen the 
> > whole Wizarding world making idiots of themselves every
> > time Harry walks into the room--because Harry *is* 
> > a celebrity.  <SNIP> I doubt Snape was unaware of all this hoopla.  
> I mean,
> > how could he be?<SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I am not sure that Snape being aware of all that also means that he 
> has a right to make the conclusion that Harry likes it. He also aware 
> that Harry lived in the Muggle world, no? So, to me it would make 
> sense to actually see first if Harry is enjoying being a celebrity 
> before judging him.

Montavilla47:
Yes, although we don't know definitely, I think it's a safe assumption
that Snape knows that Harry was raised in the Muggle world.  

And, while it would make sense to see if Harry is enjoying his
new-found celebrity, it might make more sense (to Snape)
to let everyone know that Harry isn't the big hero (or Dark Lord) 
they are  building him up to be.

> Montavilla: 
> > Neither James nor Lily would be indifferent to that 
> > type of adulation.  James would have reveled in it, and
> > it might have turned even Lily's head. <SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I do not know if we have any evidence that Lily would have liked it 
> one way or another.
> 
Montavilla47:
No.  I'm inferring it from the way that we're told (it's almost the 
first thing we know about Lily) that she was the star in her
parent's eyes, and that she was very popular both in school and 
throughout the Wizarding world.  Adding to that her upset at 
Snape costing her cool points with her friends and it seems to 
me that popularity was important to Lily.

JMO.