Snape's Worst Memory (and the purpose thereof)

[hannahwonder at aol.com]

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Golly said:
<<Dumbeldore trusts him.  Which makes him trustworthy.  He's still a jerk.  
He's just a jerk on the side of right. 
(snip) 
But just because he's a jerk doesn't make him spawn of the devil or a racist. 
 He's just an ordinary nasty person.  Lots of ordinary people are not evil 
war mongering neo nazis without actually being nice people.  >>

Hannah (me):
Alright, you've got me here. :) I was interpreting "jerk" closer to "evil war 
mongering, etc," I suppose, or rather that his jerkiness comes from being 
inherently /bad/ in the way other characters are inherently /bad,/ which I don't 
think is true for Snape. That was my thought in regard to why the penseive 
scene was included. In any case, I much better understand your point of view now, 
so thank you!
Hannah