Is Snape A Cockroach?

[amy_marblefeet]

No: HPFGUIDX 53553

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

>  in PoA when Lupin is giving the lesson on the boggart, Lupin turn 
> his moon orb into a cockroach to defeat the boggart.  

I'm sorry I don't remember this happening, could someone find the 
quote for me as my books are about 200 miles away :( .  All I 
remember is Harry seeing the boggart turn into a large silvery orb 
and then being passed back to Neville who defeats it.


> And don't you see a cockroach as the reflection of his personality?

Not really as has already been mentioned by Amanda:

>He doesn't skulk, he does not skitter away, he does not hide. On the 
>contrary, the words, "stepped forward," "took charge," and others 
>indicating proactivity are associated with him a lot. He comes 
>forward with no hesitation to reveal his Dark Mark to Fudge, in 
>front of several people who I'm sure he'd rather not have been in 
>the audience. 

However the cockroach may be a nod to the fact that Severus: through 
working for both Voldemort, then as spy for Dumbledor, through the 
continuing years of Vapor-mort and now hopefully till book seven 
during Risen-Voldemort: he can survive anything.

Amy M