A kid would think of it this way. Slytherin was winning because The trio and Neville lost all those points when they got caught roaming the halls at night attempting to do something good. They lost more points than Draco who was being mean. That would all seem very unfair. Nothing bothers a kid more than to be punished unfairly for something that they hadn't meant to be bad. That injustice bothers them more than anything. The time you were accused of stealing but you just forgot, or the time you were accused of lying etc.
The Slytherins in book one are every kids image of horrible kids who pick on them and laugh at them and win unfairly. Preteens relate to Gryffindor. Gryffindor fits the preteen ethic.
Then they think Harry earned the points fairly from Slytherin. He should be rewarded for finding the stone and saving it from evil. Ron and Hermione should be rewarded for helping him. The reward of receiving House cup points would be more important to them than praise or a medal or money. That's the reward a ten year old would want. That Neville got the final wining points would seem just to a kid. He had done something that is extremely hard for a ten year old to do. Many of them would have been mad at him for doing it. Seeing that rewarded would be a good thing. Plus the Slytherins were mean to him all year a kid would have been glad he got his own back.
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Date: 2008-10-19 04:27 pm (UTC)The Slytherins in book one are every kids image of horrible kids who pick on them and laugh at them and win unfairly. Preteens relate to Gryffindor. Gryffindor fits the preteen ethic.
Then they think Harry earned the points fairly from Slytherin. He should be rewarded for finding the stone and saving it from evil. Ron and Hermione should be rewarded for helping him. The reward of receiving House cup points would be more important to them than praise or a medal or money. That's the reward a ten year old would want. That Neville got the final wining points would seem just to a kid. He had done something that is extremely hard for a ten year old to do. Many of them would have been mad at him for doing it. Seeing that rewarded would be a good thing. Plus the Slytherins were mean to him all year a kid would have been glad he got his own back.