Harry Potter Vs Professor Snape

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What if you were to see an elephant without ears? Would you automatically assume it was a freak of nature, and not give another lick of thought to it? What if you were to see a jaguar ripping apart another jaguar? Would you shoot it dead because it is apparently a, “violent” creature? You shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, and two characters from two different books can perfectly support this claim. Severus Snape, otherwise known as Professor Snape, from the book series, “Harry Potter”, by JK Rowling, and Auggie Pullman, from the book “Wonder”, by Raquel Jaramillo Palacio, are two of many characters that could most likely show this theme. They can both show this theme in most of the same ways. Snape is a strict professor at Hogwarts school …show more content…

Snape and Auggie both have intimidating looks. Snape has the look of a strict professor. He dresses in a black cloak everyday, and he rarely smiles. He looks like a sinister person, one who is constantly brewing something up in his mind. This shows his “cover”, and how he looks like an intimidating person. Meanwhile, Auggie has a face deformity. In the book, it describes his face as, “...mushed up…”. He looks different than all the other children, so nobody will hang out with him. His looks intimidate all the other kids and make them scared to hang out with him. Auggie and Snape both have intimidating looks. These looks are their cover. You might look at them and assume the worst, and instantly label them by their “cover”. In the end, they both have intimidating looks, but that shouldn’t fool you. You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and Auggie and Snape can show this, by both having intimidating …show more content…

The famous “Wonder” character and “Harry Potter series” character can show this. Snape and Auggie have much different personalities than their looks. Snape may look like an evil person, someone who Harry despises on the outside, but inside, Snape has good intentions. (Be careful!!!! Spoiler alert ahead!) Snape was supposed to watch Harry for Lord Voldemort, so Harry would be able to die at Voldemort's feet. But Snape disobeyed the Dark Lord and instead tried to keep Harry safe from Voldemort. Doing that, he risked his life, and ultimately ended up being killed by the Dark Lord himself after he found out about his betrayal. Another selfless moment of Snape’s is when Harry was playing quidditch. His broom was jinxed and was trying to throw him off. Snape pointed his wand at the broom and tried to un-jinx it, but unfortunately, Harry thought he was doing the jinxing. This all illustrates the fact that Snape is willing to give anything to keep Harry safe. Auggie also has a different personality than his, “cover”. Most of the kids at school call him a “freak” or a “weirdo”. But he is NOT at all like that. He is funny, caring, smart boy. He even makes it into advanced science. He is loads of fun, and doesn’t act like his mean nicknames. He does not act like a “freak”. He is a normal kid, but most people just fail to see that through his burden. Auggie and Snape are both labeled and judged by their appearance, but in all, they have much