but rather suspects that Snape is hiding some particular piece of information that concerns Harry directly.
That, and he's angry with Cho and Malfoy. But yeah, I find it fairly understandable, but then, I'm a nosy person myself!
He doesn't tell anyone about it, not even his closest friends, despite how badly it could hurt Snape's pride.
True. But then, Harry's fairly insular. There's a lot he doesn't tell his friends. I think here, he's embarrassed about his dad's behaviour. (I'd have to dig up my word copy to be sure, but I'm fairly certain there's some mention of this in the immediate following chapter.) And while I don't necessarily think this is his motivation, not sharing what angered Snape places the responsibility solely on Snape - he got angry and stopped the lessons, no further comment. (it's a similiar situation to the Sectumsempra in HPB, I think - when I first read that, my reaction was torn between being impressed that Harry didn't choose to embarrass Malfoy further by sharing that he was crying; and wondering how the story came across to the others - like that Malfoy saw Harry and tried an Unforgiveable instantly? However, I would consider his overall reactions - his happiness at Ginny's defense of the curse as 'something good up (his) sleeve', and his sadness over not being able to play Quidditch, as well as anger over getting detentions and Pansy spreading the story; and the immediate concealment of the HBP's book; as coming under the category of avoiding responsibility for his actions.)
I guess I failed on that last account?
Hardly! I think that it's difficult to agree on characteristics in fandoms sometimes - what the author intends and what audiences see is going to vary, and even more so from one individual reader to the next. What I might consider at funny (look at reactions on the Twins!) or loyal might not be what you, or JKR, or the characters do. (Another example I guess would be JKR's description of HBP!Ginny as 'warm and compassionate' which boggled a few people on my list.)
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Date: 2006-02-02 04:34 pm (UTC)That, and he's angry with Cho and Malfoy.
But yeah, I find it fairly understandable, but then, I'm a nosy person myself!
He doesn't tell anyone about it, not even his closest friends, despite how badly it could hurt Snape's pride.
True. But then, Harry's fairly insular. There's a lot he doesn't tell his friends. I think here, he's embarrassed about his dad's behaviour. (I'd have to dig up my word copy to be sure, but I'm fairly certain there's some mention of this in the immediate following chapter.) And while I don't necessarily think this is his motivation, not sharing what angered Snape places the responsibility solely on Snape - he got angry and stopped the lessons, no further comment. (it's a similiar situation to the Sectumsempra in HPB, I think - when I first read that, my reaction was torn between being impressed that Harry didn't choose to embarrass Malfoy further by sharing that he was crying; and wondering how the story came across to the others - like that Malfoy saw Harry and tried an Unforgiveable instantly? However, I would consider his overall reactions - his happiness at Ginny's defense of the curse as 'something good up (his) sleeve', and his sadness over not being able to play Quidditch, as well as anger over getting detentions and Pansy spreading the story; and the immediate concealment of the HBP's book; as coming under the category of avoiding responsibility for his actions.)
I guess I failed on that last account?
Hardly! I think that it's difficult to agree on characteristics in fandoms sometimes - what the author intends and what audiences see is going to vary, and even more so from one individual reader to the next. What I might consider at funny (look at reactions on the Twins!) or loyal might not be what you, or JKR, or the characters do.
(Another example I guess would be JKR's description of HBP!Ginny as 'warm and compassionate' which boggled a few people on my list.)