Occlumency

[malinitosetti]

No: HPFGUIDX 75223

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "evangelina839" 
<evangelina839 at y...> wrote:
> --- 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


Well, when I read this chapter, I just had the impression that Snape 
put this memory in the pensieve before starting the lesson with Harry 
just to avoid thinking about his hate towards James while having to 
teach something important to his son... I don't know, just my 
impression... 

Mali