Snape and Harry and expulsion LONG

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 188900


dumbledore11214 wrote:
> I am not forgetting
> that Snape is has taken away 70 House points from
> Harry. But if you look at the lines without any
> preconception, Snape has not yet begun to torment
> Harry--although Harry is interpreting it that way.

Bart:
<SNIP>
 House points are games. They are, in the long run, completely
meaningless. So is Quidditch, for that matter. And, in DH, Harry finally
puts aside those things that don't matter, to concentrate exclusively on
those that do.

Alla:

Montavilla47 wrote the quote you were replying to, not me. I would never agree with this paragraph, ever.  As to house points, well, I personally think it all depends on what you are comparing them with and for what purpose. Of course school grading system and subsequent House rivalry are games in comparison with fighting a war against a monster and "wannabe" dictator, who wants to rule by murder and torture. Of course they are. But school life was real for those kids as well and it is real for next generation too and for them house points are real thing IMO. And of course I think they show perfectly Snape's everyday cruelty and unfairness, IMO.


Montavilla47:
<SNIP>
Are you talking about in this scene or in the
entire series? In this scene, I don't think Snape
did anything wrong. <SNIP>


Alla:

Thank you. That is all I needed to know.