This is my first time reading the entire series, and surprisingly I haven't even seen all the movies. One character that continually troubles me is Professor Snape. In the first three books is was easy to hate Snape. He treated Harry, his friends and other Gryffindors so poorly, and worst of all he favored Malfoy. Snape from the start seems like such a shady character, with his long greasy black hair always in his face, his black clothes, dark decor in office and classroom, and the most concerning; his previous allegiance to The Dark Lord.
In the fifth book we finally can start to understand why Snape hates Harry so much. When Harry sees Snape's worst memory he too feels that he can better understand Snape but also gets confused by another very important character, his father. Harry had up until this point only heard wonderful and admirable stories about his parents except from Snape. Harry was under the impression that his father was only a hero and had good morals, he was finally able to see one of his father's flaws. This also changed my impression of James. The way he was treating Snape just because Sirius was bored was appalling to me. Bullying is one of my biggest pet peeves and having to go through that experience and feel that embarrassment with Snape was horrible. I no longer saw James as only a hero but I also saw him as arrogant, cocky, and naive. Snape changed to me at this moment too, I suddenly felt sorry for him but at the same time hated him just as much as ever for calling Lily a mudblood after she was trying to defend him.
The fifth book really changed my view of Snape. I thought up until this book that the whole time Snape was really reformed and no longer a death eater or a Voldemort supporter. When I had seen Snape undermining Umbridge for Harry's protection I truly believed that he was protecting him from Voldemort and his possible death. This belief however was short lived. In the beginning of the sixth book when Snape was visited by Mrs. Malfoy and her sister Bellatrix I was thrown through a loop. At this point I still can't decide who I think Snape is a spy for but I am more leaning towards Voldemort. I think that because Voldemort can read minds and get into peoples' heads so easily that he would figure out if Snape was plotting against him but some of Snape's actions especially after how he reacted to the fiasco at The Ministry do not support my theory so I am anxiously awaiting to see how Snape's role plays out!
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