Snape and Harry

[dkolker1969]

No: HPFGUIDX 188901

My biggest disappointment with the entire series was that there was not a scene in the 5th book when Harry apologized to Snape for how his father had treated him.  I was waiting for it after Harry witnessed the Levicorpus moment and James' humiliation of Snape.  Maybe because I read the books alongside my then-8-year-old son, I was very sensitive to the dynamics among the schoolboys.  I felt as though JKR made it very clear that even though Harry physically resembled James, personality wise he was much more like Lily.  I was glad at the end of DH that Harry had recognized Snape's bravery and decency, but I would have liked to have seen a moment between the two of them when Snape was alive, even though I'm sure Harry would have been bumbling and unable to articulate what he was trying to say, and Snape would have been sneering and dismissive, but deep down they would have shared a level of understanding.

-- Danielle, die-hard Snape fan