Snape, Sirius and the End of the Series(Long)

[Anne(Anja)]

No: HPFGUIDX 69765

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "linlou43" <linlou43 at y...> 
wrote:

>    The second is, I think, more plausible (IMO) from both the 
> writer's and the readers' POV- Snape must die before the end of 
book 
> seven in order to bring closure to both him and the readers.
> 

I agree completely with this. I don't think there is a way for JKR to 
have Snape surviving the end of book 7. After reading OotP I got the 
impression that he has become a little too complex to ever find peace 
or forgiveness , least with himself. Let's face it : With Snape's 
behaviour during the Occlumency lessons and those memories Harry got 
a glimpse into , Rowling painted the portrait of a highly disturbed 
person. Whatever made him the way he is , it must have been truly 
awful and I am sure there is more behind this than just a messed up 
childhood and some bullying at school. We still don't know what made 
him join Voldemort but since JKR wanted us to know that Snape "isn't 
too nice" , I assume that he was a killer as were all the other DEs. 
Maybe he enjoyed it , maybe he didn't - there's only one thing we 
know for sure : Something must have happened to him which made him go 
back to Dumbledore. 

Still Snape's not able to get over his past. I believe that's what 
Dumbledore is talking about when he tells Harry that "some wounds run 
to deep for the healing". At this point , the headmaster probably 
recognizes for himself that he can't really help Snape , no matter 
how much he trusts him .
It has probably become almost impossible to break through the walls 
Snape has put up around himself .He behaves perfectly like someone 
who doesn't want anyone to get near him. I think even his greasy 
hair, the yellow teeth , the unhealthy complexion and the black 
clothes may work as evidence for that. 
All this may have already started when he was a teenager (for 
whatever reasons ) and maybe back then it would have been still 
possible to help him - yet nobody seemed to have recognized the boy's 
problems and therefore couldn't prevent him from becoming the cruel , 
sarcastic man he is at present. 
To be honest , I don't see how JKR could redeem him completely or 
make him a happy person again without killing him. I would even go as 
far as to say that death is probably the one thing Severus Snape is 
longing for , yet stays alive because he feels he has to make up for 
the sins of the past. 

Sympa (who is probably one of the very few Snape fans who'd love to 
see him die)