OoP: What Snape is really doing out there...

[griffinmore]

No: HPFGUIDX 66277

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowena_grunnionffitch" 
<rowena_grunnionffitch at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
> > 
> > snip>
  Darren said:
 
>     I don't doubt Snape did lots of evil things as a DE but he 
> changed sides and started working for the OotP before LV's first 
fall 
> and is now risking his life to put a final end to him. That should 
> count for quite a lot on the credit side. 
>  
> > But his petty refusal to continue the Occlumency lessons,
> 
>    Petty refusal?? Harry's offence was not petty it was an 
appalling 
> violation of Snape's privacy and he has every right to be furious 
> with the boy.

  Now me:

 I've been lurking for a while, and hopefully, this will be my first 
post!! I agree whole heartedly with Snapes redeeming characteristics, 
but no matter how upset he may have been with Harry for "violating 
his privacy", Snape had no right to deliberately disobey a direct 
order from Albus Bumbledore. Snape had to have known how important 
those Occlumency classes were. I think that they were just as 
stressful to Snape as they were to Harry. After all, Harry was having 
a bird's eye view into Snape's life as well. It seemed to me that 
Harry felt sorry for Snape and wanted to appologize, but Snape 
reacted rather childishly. Don't get me wrong; I like Snape, 
especially the whole mystery surrounding his character, but he acts 
just a juvenile a his Slytherin students sometimes. Just my opinion. 
Hope I did this right. Peace, from Griffinmore