Snape's "Worst" Memory (Was:Snape's Insignificant Question During Occlumenc

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 76625

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" 
<greatraven at h...> wrote:

Sue wrote:

My own question is - if this guy, Snape is so 
crash hot in Occlumency, why does he need the Pensieve at all to hide 
his thoughts from a mere student?

Me:

>From a teenage point of view, everything is done because of the 
teen.  Maybe Snape didn't use the pensieve to keep Harry from seeing 
those memories - after all he left the other ones Harry did access 
directly, where he was a child cowering in the corner.  Maybe he 
removed them to temper his own reaction to Harry.  He knew what he 
was doing was important, and knew he had to keep cool-headed while 
working with him.  Perhaps putting the memory in the pensieve keeps 
him for remembering just how much he hated James.

Of course, when he pulled Harry out, it was no longer a matter of 
hating Harry for something James did - Harry violated Snapes privacy, 
and in Snapes eyes is probably becoming more like his father.  

Melinda