[HPforGrownups] Why Hermoine trusts Snape

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 69673

darrin_burnett wrote:
> 
> 1) This is just her way or arguing with Ron. He says the sky is blue. 
> She says it's grey just to annoy him.

Hermione is not that petty.

> 2) She has buried her humiliation in analytical discussion and if she 
> gives in to her hatred of Snape by sharing it with the boys, she'll 
> crack like an egg.

She's made of stronger stuff than that.

> 3) Being the show-stopper at the Yule Ball -- take THAT, dog-faced 
> Pansy! -- made up for it.

While I am sure that she was gratified by the ball, I don't think 
that would affect her view of Snape.

> 4)*** My pet theory. Hermione knows the truth.
<snip>
> So, she gets a visit in the hospital wing from either Dumbledore, 
> Snape or both.
> 
> In that conversation, D-Dore, or Snape, or both, explain to Hermione 
> that Snape has to play a role for the Slytherins, especially Draco's 
> junior Death Eater League.
> 
> Hermione, being an inquisitive sort, and likely not satisfied with 
> just that explanation, keeps pressing, and D-Dore finally tells her 
> he trusts Snape, and why.

More likely she simply knows that Dumbledore trusts Snape, and 
she is smart enough to know that he must have a good reason to do 
so, even if she doesn't know what it is.