Just as Sorting Hat said: “You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin would help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that. . . .”
I don’t understand. How could he be great in Slytherin? In the novel, everybody hates Slytherin and Slytherin hates everybody. Of course Harry would be bullied, by other schools and even some of his Slytherin classmates since the master of Slytherin, Snape, would treat him “specially”.
No offense, I don’t hate Slytherin, but J.K Rowling just made it hard to survive as a Slytherin student with no family background in the novel. Even Harry himself didn’t want to be sent to Slytherin. So I can’t imagine how Harry Potter could be great as a Slytherin and why it would be a good choice for the famous Sorting Hat, smarter than every hat, never yet been wrong.
by Victoria_eve
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Because Harry’s an attention and glory seeker as much as anything else.
My assumption is that it is a forged in fire mentality. Harry would have to become great to survive.