It was also clear to him that Snape was of an entirely different class within the wizarding world. So when he heard that Snape planned to be placed in Slytherin, James immediately decided that the boy was below him. Just like Draco, James had been raised to believe that the Hogwarts House his father had attended was the absolute best and that any of the others would be an embarrassment. RELATED: Please WB, Don't Reboot The Harry Potter Franchise (Yet) However, when it was denied, the boy quickly turned to cruelty (that continued for several more years). In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Draco Malfoy comes to Harry's compartment to first offer friendship. This is not only because Harry and Snape were both victims of neglect but because they were both targeted by an affluent bully. Severus Snape's memory of meeting James Potter– portrayed differently in the Harry Potter movies– on the Hogwarts express paralleled Harry's first trip to Hogwarts. This revealed that just like James didn't understand Snape, he wouldn't have fully understood Harry. The young Severus Snape wore the unmistakable sorrow and defiant expression of a hurting child.

When Harry saw the young Snape fighting to hide his embarrassing, oversized clothes, he understood his least favorite professor in a way he never had before. James didn't know what it felt like to be abused and neglected, but thanks to Harry's years at the Dursleys, he did.īefore Harry found his place in the wizarding world, his appearance was often described the same way that the young Snape was in Harry Potter. So when Harry saw an 11-year-old boy desperate for a safe place to call home, he saw himself. It was uncomfortable for Harry to witness this in Harry Potter, especially since the person he could relate to the most in this situation was the professor he had been at odds with for so many years and who had killed Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

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