Snape Respects Harry Now

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 74851

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "subrosax99" <subrosax at e...> 
wrote:
> When it came down to a moment of real crisis, Harry was running 
> around like a chicken with it's head cut off, and as usual, took 
> matters into his own hands. This seemed rather like plucky aplomb 
in 
> the earlier books, but this time it struck me as totally 
> irresponsible and selfish. Then Harry has the audacity to blame 
Snape 
> for the whole fiasco.

Harry acted on the base of incomplete information about the person
he viewed as a father substitute. He was also 15 years old.
I have a son who turned 15 in July and I can assure you that
expecting kids that age to act mature and responsible - especially
when they are going through a very difficult time to start with -
is asking a bit much. As for blaming Snape, well, Harry felt that
Snape goaded Sirius all along and that that goading might have
induced him to leave the house on that fatefull night. He may
also have felt (and justly so) that Snape failed his task of
teaching him Occlumency - first because he did not fully explain
what the purpose was (no mention of LV trying to implant false
visions to induce Harry to get to the MoM even though the OoP
must have known this was a possibility); second because he refused
to teach him after the pensieve incident. So after months of
Snape enjoying Harry's most embarassing and miserable memories, the
teacher throws a fit and kicks the student out because he turned
the tables on him.

Harry is not perfect (the story would be horribly boring if he
were :-)) and what happened was not Snape's fault,
but Snape's actions definitely contributed to the situation.

> Harry is the one who couldn't put his feelings aside!

Nor could Snape when the positions were switched. Compare
Harry's behaviour when Snape was experiencing his memories
to Snape's behaviour when Harry was doing the same. Who was
throwing cans at who, exactly?

> Don't get me wrong, I am very fond of Harry, but after OoP, I 
respect 
> him less.

Considering all the abuse that the poor kid was experiencing
throughout that year (being branded publicly as a crazy lying
attention seeking kid; losing the support of his trusted adults -
DD, Hagrid, Sirius; having an evil DADA teacher with a vandetta
against him; losing his godfather to what he felt was his own
fault, etc.) I think he did remarkably well. Even the fight
in the MoM was a success - LV did not get the prophecy, a
bunch of DE's were captured and LV had to reveal himself before
he was ready.

Salit