Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 21: Hermione's secret

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> 1. At the beginning of Fudge and Snape's conversation, we see 
> Snape trying hard to get Harry in trouble, with detention and 
> expulsion as his punishment. We all know he does this constantly, 
> but, why? After knowing the ending of the series, and knowing 
> that he is Harry's protector, why do you think he tries so hard 
> to have him punished?


I think Snape, like Sirius, often confused Harry with James, and 
projected his own resentment toward James onto Harry.

 I just listened to, in OoTP, the part where Harry sees, in the 
pensieve, how his father treated Snape when they were 15. I think 
Harry then had some understanding of how Snape must have felt.  

Connie