OOP: Pensieve as biased as true mind?

[cornflower_o_shea]

No: HPFGUIDX 62924

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" 
<psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dbonaker" <dbonaker at y...> 
> wrote:
> > You've obviously got a different idea of what is possible to see 
> > in the Pensieve than JKR does.  But after all, it's her book, 
and 
> > I think it's much more interesting her way!
> 
> No, I don't.  She had Dumbledore say that it contains thoughts and 
> memories.  You can't remember what you never knew in the first 
> place.  She's setting up rules and then breaking them at her 
> convenience.  It's highly inconsistent.  If Snape didn't see 
James' 
> OWL paper back when he was in fifth year--and that seems to be the 
> case--there should be no way for him to remember it so Harry can 
see 
> it in the Pensieve.
> 
> --Barb
> 
> I was thinking about this too, and doesn't it seem to you that the 
characters in Snape's memories are just a little too much like 
Caricatures than characters? If the Pensieve holds thoughts, than it 
holds what we believe we see, what we thought existed, which may not 
really be what trully existed at all? The pensieve exists to let you 
examine your thoughts...prejudice, misinterpretation, and all 
perhaps?

-Cornflower O'Shea