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

[nikkalmati]

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> sile_dubhghlase:
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 It wouldn't surprise me that Sirius would make some kind of snide comment
> about Snape's DADA skills. In OotP Chapter 28, Snape's Worst Memory, pages
> 641-44 (Scholastic) or pages 564-67 (Bloomsbury), we find Severus and the
> Marauders engaged in the written portion of their Defense Against the Dark
> Arts OWL. When Flitwick calls the time and collects the papers, Snape's the
> first one out of the hall, but he lingers in the shadows to hear what James
> Potter and his friends have to say about it. They're obviously aware that
> Snape's listening in because they're tossing the answers to the questions
> around like they're child's play, knowing DADA is a subject Snape struggles
> with.
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Nikkalmati

I am not sure why you think Snape is shown as struggling.  What I saw was that Snape was writing far more than necessary, struggling , if at all, to get down on paper most of his rather vast knowledge in the time allowed.  The Mauraders are shown as indifferent to their performance and rather flippant about it all.

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