CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady

[justcarol67]

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> > 4) What did you make of the interactions between Lupin and Snape?

Carol responds:
Just realized that I misunderstood this question. What *did* I make of it on a first reading? I thought that he disliked and distrusted DADA teachers in general and that he had special reason for disliking Lupin. Certainly, the Neville incident didn't help, but I thought that he was protecting Neville in his snide way, assuming that, like Harry, he had a Boggart that might be better unviewed. (Once I learned about Bellatrix Lestrange in GoF, I assumed that PoA Snape had anticipated a Bellatrix Boggart for Neville. If that was his assumption, and I have no intention of arguing for what can't be proven, the assumption backfired, which would lead to righteous indignation on Snape's part.) At any rate, as a Snape fan, I assumed that there was more to his dislike of Lupin than resentment of the Neville incident or jealousy of the current DADA teacher. He'd been right to suspect Quirrell and to hold Lockhart in contempt, after all!

Carol, with apologies for not reading the question closely