Occlumency

[Kristen]

No: HPFGUIDX 75225

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "malinitosetti" <malinit at e...> 
wrote:
> --- 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

Well, said! It's simple, obvious and in character. In order to 
conduct the lessons, Snape needed to be self-composed and focused. I 
doubt he could have accomplished that with the unpleasant memories of 
Harry's father lurking around in his head. Marvelous device the 
Pensieve...wouldn't mind having one of those myself!