OOP: What's up with Harry and Snape?

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No: HPFGUIDX 63207

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jenserai Bariman" 
<jenserai at h...> wrote:
> greatlit2003:
> >Exactly why does Harry feel a surge of hatred towards Snape as he
> >accosts him about to curse Malfoy at the end of OOP?
> 
> Something just occurred to me. I thought Snape's attitude in that 
scene was 
> distinctly... odd. He didn't seem very angry with Harry. That 
really threw 
> me because I would have thought he'd still be furious. I could only 
think 
> that either his opinion of Harry had gone up or his opinion of 
Draco had 
> gone down. However, as a spy, he would have had to continue acting 
the same 
> towards both boys lest it get back to Voldemort that he was being 
nice to 
> the Boy Who Lived. But what if his cover had already been blown? 
Might have 
> been the Occlumency lessons or something else, I don't know, but it 
would 
> explain the surge of hatred rather nicely, given what happened when 
> Dumbledore looked at Harry before activating the portkey sending 
Harry and 
> the Weasleys to Sirius' house (pg 474, OOP US hardcover). I don't 
know if it 
> holds water, especially since we already have the nice explanation 
that 
> Harry blames Snape for Black's death, but I think it would be 
interesting to 
> look into.
> 
> -Jens

Interesting point.  We don't know how much Voldemort learned by 
trying to get into his mind - is it just feelings, or does he 
actually sees what Harry sees, too?  Indication by far is that he 
does not... that he was trying to possess him, not reading his mind.  
On the other hand, at the end of the book, Voldemort shows up because 
he is reading Harry's mind and knows that the prophecy is destroyed.  

Personally I think Voldemort would immediately destroy Snape if he 
would know that he is a spy. 

Snape had to act the way he did, and I think he was brilliant - 
defending Harry at the same time being mean to him, and putting 
Umbridge down.  Bloody brilliant as they say in the UK.  I just love 
Snape - I mean as a character...

Marta