Snape and Harry

[kathy]

No: HPFGUIDX 188911


> Alla:
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> To each their own of course and I am not picking on you, I just saw this argument so many times and it never ceases to amaze me. Harry, a boy whose parents are dead in part because of Snape should apologize to adult Snape, who as far as I am concerned grossly mistreated him throughout the series, and for how his father treated him no less?
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> Yes, this seems to be Snape's motto indeed that children are responsible for the sins of their fathers, but apology from Harry?
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I agree with Alla. Children aren't responsible for their parents actions so Harry shouldn't feel guilty for James's actions toward Snape. I believe Snape also owed Neville Longbottom an apology for his treatment of him when he first arrived at Hogwarts. I think it's awful that Snape chose to torment the children who didn't have families to protect them. I think Neville learned how not to behave as a teacher from Snape.
Kathy