OOP: Snape/Lily, life debt

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
<jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:
> Is it just me, or does there seem to be a pretty acute shortage of 
> apologies/forgiveness in the series so far?

It most certainly is *Not* just you!  One of the keenest 
disappointments in OOP, for me, was Lily's double-edged reaction to 
James when he bullied Snape in the pensieve scene.

I'd hoped she'd be at least civil to young Snape after scolding young 
James. Personal experience reminds me that civility to a hurting 
young man can and is often misread for affection and nascent love, 
but still, she needed not snap at him. 

Does anyone else suspect that part of Snape's irreversible dislike of 
Harry comes from having been spurned by Lily, long, long ago?

Deb "Molly Weasley Is My Role Model" Aub