Snape's "Worst" Memory (Was:Snape's Insignificant Question During Occlumenc
serious_schwartz
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Fri Aug 22 05:48:06 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 78381
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nick M."
>
> <snip>
>
> I wouldn't think, logically speaking, that you would lose all
> knowledge of a memory you place in the pensieve, but to think
of it
> more like a videocopy of a memory, used for objective viewing
of
> it...
>
> -Nick
<snip>
This gets at something I've been thinking about regarding the
pensieve. (I've read through many posts and haven't seen this
discussed yet, so let me know if I just missed it. ) The pensieve
doesn't seem to be an objective viewing of a memory, but a
totally subjective one, as it is taken directly from the person's
mind. As we all know, our point of view totally colors how we
remember things. So what I'm thinking is: 1) Maybe James
wasn't that much of a jerk, 2) Maybe Lily wasn't that concerned
with Snape, but did defend him, and 3) Maybe it wasn't all that
big of a deal to other people at the time, but it loomed large for
decades in Snapes mind. A lot of us play our humilations over
and over again, don't we?
serious_schwartz
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