Snape's many good points (and Sirius' many bad points)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34711

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Caleb Williamson <the_little_catboy at y...>
wrote:
>   I think calling Snape brave just because he turned
> spy is not a good reason. We don't know why he did was
> it the goodness of his heart(stopping to laugh) or was
> he just caught and he turned spy to save his skin. 

The goodness (or badness) of Snape's heart is a totally different
issue from his courage.  Whatever his motives, going back into the DE
fold to play double agent was incredibly dangerous; if he got caught,
Voldemort's punishment would've made likely made Azkaban seem like the
Tahiti Hilton.  As a way to "save his skin" it strikes me as a classic
case of jumping out a frying pan into a very hot fire.


> And
> by the way he didn't do such a great job. He couldnt
> help save the Potters and/or the  Longbottoms.

We don't have enough information to say whether or not Snape did a
good job as a Spy.  We don't know where he was or what he was working
on when the Potters were attacked, or how many people he did succeed
in saving.

Marina
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