[HPforGrownups] Definitions

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 55484




> <snip greatlit’s stuff about defining good and evil>
> 

Acire

> The quote may or may not be on my signature, I can’t remember if I put it 
> there or not, so I’ll put it here now: “There is no black and white; only 
> shades of grey.”  In other words, there is no good or evil.  Everything is 
> just jumbled into one big mess.  People can be good AND evil, as you’ve 
> shown in your examples.  That’s just *my* belief. <bg>

I think it depends greatly on perspective. And the fact that the book is 
greatly from Harry's POV influences us a lot. Harry sees Snape as a cruel, 
unfair, pathetic git...then you have the POV's he's taking in. Dumbledore, 
for whatever reason, trusts Snape. Harry trusts DD's opinion, but is not 
willing to make it his own...at least not until he gets more information. 
Hermione (as well as Hagrid, I suppose) is against Snape's methods, but 
thinks he should be given a chance or at least be respected...mainly because 
DD trusts him. Then there's Sirius. It seems like he'd kind of be the 
'Fonzie' out of all the people Harry knows...not someone he seriously hero 
worships, but someone he admires and would value his opinion. And, of course, 
new evidence is constantly being given to us.   

~Cassie~ 


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