Snape & Harry's Memory Perspective Question

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No: HPFGUIDX 83997

 
Marianne:
> What I'm curious about is the nature of perspective.  When breaking 
> into another's mind, does the one breaking in see the memories with 
> the same perspective that the memories' owner sees?  Or does the 
> Legilimens see the memory as if it were like thoughts trapped in a 
> Pensieve, where the perspective is that of an outside observer?  
When 
> Snape sees Harry's memories, is he seeing all the action from the 
> outside, or is he looking through Harry's eyes? Is he seeing the 
dog 
> barking and snapping at his own heels (as Harry would), looking 
down 
> from his perch into the upraised faces of the laughing Dursleys, or 
> is his point of view from off to the side?

> Sherrie repliied:
> 
> What we saw was not Snape's view of Harry's memories - it was 
HARRY's view of 
> those memories.  We never went inside Snape's head to see what HE 
saw.
> 
> I rather thought that the person whose memories were accessed would 
> experience his or her own perspective of the memory, while the 
person watching would do 
> just that - observe.

Now me:

But Snape did see "flashes" of this. He says so himself and then asks 
Harry to whom the dog belonged.  So Snape obviously "saw" something. 

Marianne