[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's Mission/Task

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 15983

catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Another thing which struck me, on rereading this again was the
> ambiguity over Harry's interpretation of Snape at the feast:-
>
> "His eyes lingered on Harry for a moment as Harry looked at him.  His
> expression was as difficult to read.  He looked as sour and as
> unpleasant as ever."
>
> The last sentence is typical, but, unusually IMO, Snape is not looking
> at Harry with contempt or hatred, or malice...Is it possible that
> their relationship will undergo some subtle changes, even if this is
> not obvious on the surface?

I have postulated before that this is the very first time that Snape is
seeing Harry as Harry, just Harry, on his own merits, instead of through
a screen of past associations (whatever they might be). I think their
relationship will indeed be changing, although I'm doubting anything on
the surface will be different. Harry had a lesser, but no less palpable,
"association screen" for Snape, too, and now is seeing him as an ally.

Harry's interactions with all the teachers, all the adults, must be
different now, I think, because Harry has gone through this baptism of
fire and no matter how he wishes to, he can never go back to being
simply a boy of 14. He's faced adult trials and dangers, and will be
dealing with some of the letdown you feel when you realize that the
grownups *don't* have all the answers, and that you might just be grown
up, too. [I hope that made sense...I think it says what I was trying to
get across..]

> Catherine,
> Who is still faint but pursuing in trying to persuade everyone that
> Snape went to Voldemort that night.

Power, to you and my soul-sister Amy Z! Let us believers hold true and
they'll come around....


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