CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 18: Dobby's reward

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> sile_dubhghlase:
> I hope I'm doing this right:

Potioncat:
Yes, done very well indeed.


sile_dubhghlase
> In SS/PS, Chapter 7 The Sorting Hat, page 126 (Scholastic) or
> page 94 (Bloomsbury), after Harry is sorted, his scar burns.
> He asks Percy who the teacher is talking to Professor Quirrell.
> Percy identifies him as Professor Snape, who teaches Potions.
> Percy goes on to say that Snape doesn't want to teach Potions
> and that "...everyone knows he's after Quirrell's job. Knows
> an awful lot about the Dark Arts, Snape."

Potioncat:
I'd like to know what Percy thinks of Snape. He presents this information in a matter of fact way. The wording is very clever on JKR's part. Using Dark Arts rather than Defense against the Dark Arts gives Snape's knowledge a sinister slant. It's difficult to know if Percy intended Dart Arts or DADA because the clas itself is sometimes referred to in the shorted form of Dark Arts. 

It will also be reinforced later by Sirius in his comment about Snape's skills when he arrived at Hogwarts