Occlumency

[evangelina839]

No: HPFGUIDX 75220

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meltowne" <meltowne at y...>
wrote:
> Then there's Snape.  I don't buy that this was Snape's worst memory
- 
> remember, everything is from Harry's perspective, so maybe that's
the 
> chapter name because Harry assumes Snapes doesn't want him to see 
> these memories.  But that begs the question of why Snape didn't put 
> these memories into the Pensieve and lock it away even before Harry 
> arrived?  I suspect it served Snapes purpose in 2 parts - it was 
> information he wanted Harry to find, but also it would give him a 
> reason to yell at him when he did view the memories.
<snip>

I don't think Snape wanted Harry to see that memory... simply judging
by his reaction 
upon finding Harry in it. If he really had been trying to make Harry
sneak into the 
Pensieve, I think he would at least have been able to stick to his
usual nastiness 
instead of being downright mad with anger. As for why he didn't put
his memories 
away before Harry arrived, I can only guess that it could have
something to do with 
the timing, that there was something he needed to remember during the
beginning of 
lesson. That would of course be something from the other two
memories, I don't 
think James & Sirius taunting him had anything to do with teaching
Occlumency... 

> Otherwise, we should consider WHY this memory was one he wanted to 
> protect?  Was it the Owls, his treatment of Lily? 

Oh, I believe the humiliation of it all was enough to want to keep
the event a secret. I 
don't know, I have this idea of Snape wanting to keep up an image of
himself where 
humiliation and any kind of vulnerability really don't have a place.
He just seems to be 
the kind of person who would react *very strongly* to being
humiliated.

evangelina