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

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Pippin:
It's not necessarily true that Harry would have remarked on it if he'd done
better than expected. He was certain that Snape was going to poison one of the
students in order to demonstrate antidotes when he escaped that class in GoF to
get his wand weighed, but he never even tries to find out if that happened.
You'd think he'd want to know if one of his friends had been poisoned, but no.

Alla:

LOL, personally I would assume that he saw all his friends coming out of the class or to next class intact and that would be the end of inquiry. But not to remark on his high grade? Sorry, I cannot believe that.

Pippin:
It just shows that Harry wasn't nearly as Snape-obsessed as we are. He didn't
think about Snape unless he had to. <SNIP>

Alla:

Or it shows that his assumption about his grade was spot on, just as the assumption about Snape that he hates him from first lesson was spot on. Oh I know it was incomplete, Snape after all was protecting him too, but it was not wrong.


Pippin:
<SNIP>
In fact I think that is the most important thing he taught Harry: that a brave
person who hates you can still be a valuable ally, in fact more trustworthy than
a friend who is a coward.


Alla:

The lesson that Snape did not know he was teaching I personally would not consider a lesson.

JMO,

Alla