MadEye & Malfoy - James & Snape - Everyone & Umbridge

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ffimiles" <ffionmiles at h...> 
wrote:
> Kai said: Ifor one, am glad that JKR has populated her world with 
so 
> many
> fascinating characters, many of whom (like James, and Snape, and
> Sirius) break the stereotype of nice = Good and mean = evil. 
> 
> --kai
> 
> And I agree. Having 'goody/baddie' characters with no light adn 
shade 
> just isn't life - H/R/H aren't all good/bad so why shold anyone 
else 
> be?  Ron gets jealous of Harry, H of him 'prefect', which is the 
> normal awkward teenager stuff.  And I liked her portrayal of Sirius 
> in this book - he's stressed, feels caged in, is moody with people 
> and takes it out on Harry.  
> 
> And maybe we, and Harry, neded theperfect imae we had of his 
paretns 
> shattered a little because nobody can be that great.  I also agree 
> with others that I'm sure, though it seems to be reflecting a real 
> event,t he pensieve can be subjective and I'm sure Snape would have 
> done annoying and unfair things to jaems in the past.  
> 
> Also, I suppose James and Sirius just weren't under the stresses 
> Harry is and were apt to be arrogant and bullies - but they did 
grow 
> out of it and com good in the end.  
> 
> I'm really looking forward to hearing more of snape's past - just 
> what did he do to get Dumbledore's trust?    but, then again, I 
> suppose you do need out and out baddies to just hate and look 
forward 
> to their horrible sticky end!  

Does anyone think that part of Snape's actions are an act?  Don't you 
think that Draco is reporting back to his Father all of the terrible 
ways that Snape is treating the non-slytherins which reenforces his 
being on the "bad" side.  I am not excusing all of his actions - the 
way he treats Harry is based on the past - not justified but that is 
where it is coming from - a past we have yet to see.  But maybe a 
large percentage of his actions are due to what Draco may be passing 
back to Daddy?