[HPforGrownups] RL's flaws - Conjuring - Char. Dialogue - SS on Potters - Silver Hand - RL's Pat

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 28872



--- Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> At the risk of sounding like a Snape fan, I think
> the man has a strongly 
> developed sense of duty and honor.

   Agreed!

  No supernatural
> explanation is 
> necessary.  James saved his life and then died just
> a few years later, so 
> perhaps Snape never got to repay the favor and
> relieve his own burden.  Or, 
> more likely, he did, by tipping the Potters off to
> the fact that V. was 
> gunning for them, but that prat James died anyway. 

   Dumbledore himself implies some of Snape's
resentment towards Harry is rooted in that unwelcome
sense of obligation. It's not exactly pleasant being
indebted to somebody you despise.

> Also, I think Snape 
> would die to protect Harry even if he'd never known
> James--JMHO.

    I agree. Snape is a teacher at Hogwarts thus it is
his duty to protect the students whatever the personal
risk and however he may feel about them. At least
that's how Snape sees it.


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