If the Marauders weren't so mean to Snape would he have been nicer to Harry.

[kathy]

No: HPFGUIDX 192492


> Sherry now:
> <snip>
> Two boys/men, bullied, verbally and physically abused, and yet only one of
> those boys chose not to let bitterness rule him, while the other chose
> bitterness and hatefulness.
>
>
> Dumbledore, at the end of COS, tells Harry that it is the choices we make
> that determine who we really are. Harry could have chosen to go down a dark
> path, like Snape or even Tom Riddle. And Snape could have chosen to be a
> nicer person, or at least to acknowledge Lily in harry, or not to abuse his
> authority with his students. Neither Harry nor Snape had a really great life
> in the early years, and each chose a different way of dealing with it and
> living his life. Choices.
>

Kathy:
Amen, Sherry. Snape chose to remain bitter regarding his Hogwarts experience. He doesn't make an effort to get to know Harry as an individual and chooses to take out his anger towards James on his son. He also torments Neville so much that he becomes part of his boggart which no good teacher should be.

Kathy