Snape and Harry WAS Re: Pensieves objectivity AND: Dumbledore's integrity

[sienna291973]

No: HPFGUIDX 79904

> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" > 
Susan:
> I think Harry's heart is still with him. I think that is why he is 
> so very angry with him now. Sirius and Remus admitted that what 
> Harry saw was true. It is easier for Harry to be angry at Snape 
than 
> his hero father who just fell off his white horse. I hope that 
Harry 
> figures out that his anger is misdirected in the future books.


Then Geoff:
>Yes, but can you see Harry going to Snape and saying, "Professor, I 
>realise now that my father was awful with you (or something 
similar!) 
>and I want to apologise on his behalf."

>Can you see him after the way Snape has reacted in earlier books? 
>From the word go, in PS, he set out to humiliate Harry - look at the 
>very first Potions lesson HP ever attended. He has specialised in 
>making snide comments or comments with a sting in the tail.

>Would Harry attempt a reconcilation when he is conditioned to expect 
>rebuffs, rudeness and put downs?

Now me (Sienna):
I personally have to agree that Snape has made it awfully hard for 
Harry to truly feel any lasting sympathy for him.  It is testament to 
Harry's good heart that he was able to feel compassion for Snape at 
any point in time given their history.  And he is still only 15, 
while Snape, at his mature age, still wears the emotional scars of 
his childhood and, what's more, takes them out on an innocent boy who 
already has more than enough to deal with in his life. I can't say 
that I feel an awful lot of sympathy for Snape.  I can certainly 
empathise with awful childhood experiences (who among us doesn't have 
at least one of those) but to let them rule your behaviour years 
later is something I find hard to understand.  I would sooner see 
Snape attempt a reconciliation with Harry (given that he should now 
at least suspect that Harry is NOT like his father) than expect Harry 
to bury his feelings about all of the rudeness and nastiness Snape 
has directed at both himself and Sirius.

Sienna
Who feels much better now she's vented.