Who Will Teach Harry Occlumency

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In a message dated 7/27/03 7:42:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Cindy" <
xpectopatronum at yahoo.com.au> writes:

> Karen wrote: 
> Snape is a petty, small person, despite the fact that he 
> > is trying to work against Voldemort. 
> 
> Now me (Cindy):
> I'll try and be civilabout my response here: SNAPE IS NOT PETTY OR
> SMALL!  
> Snape is independent, shrewd, cunning, highly witty and uses dry
> humour that you obviously fail to understand. Albus Dumbledore trusts
> him (and Dumbledore happens to be the greatest wizard alive), and so
> does Hermione Granger who is always defending him, especially in OOTP,
> and Hermione is probably the smartest little witch in Hogwarts! Snape
> is also highly valuable and very important to the Order. Everyone gets
> excited before the first meeting in the book, and they all huddle
> around him. 
> 

While I like Snape as well, he's *is* petty and small-minded. For all his 
complexity, he's bullying Harry for something Harry's father almost two decades 
ago, and that's NOT the behavior of mature adult. He also bullies Neville 
mercilessly, with even less excuse. 

That is not to say he isn't shrewd, or brave, or any of the other things you 
admire about him, but you can't wash away his faults (and he's got a lot) just 
because he's the most interesting and mysterious character in the books.

AnneL


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