JKR didn't say "No: was re: Life-saving bonds

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 94841

Pippin wrote:
> <snip>  As I pointed out earlier, JKR herself uses such a
construction in one of the very first references to Snape, "At the
start of term banquet, Harry had got the idea that Professor Snape
disliked him. By then end of the first Potions lesson he knew he'd
been wrong. Professor Snape didn't dislike Harry--he *hated* him." 
> 
> Naama responded:
<snip>
> What if the quote you bring would have been, "By the end of the
first Potions lesson he knew he'd been wrong, Professor Snape didn't 
> dislike Harry."? It would be senseless for the author to put it that 
> way, for the reader to complete, in her head, "he hated him", right? 
> In the same way, it doesn't make sense to interpret an "I don't
think so" followed by a period, as the first part of a construct,
ending in "I know so." 

Carol:
Needless to say, I agree with Naama that "I don't think so" means "no"
in JKR's interview, but since I've already presented my arguments
relating to that point, I want to take another tack here, to look at
Pippin's quote from another perspective.

Harry "knew he'd been wrong. Professor Snape didn't dislike Harry--he
*hated* him." This quotation is a perfect example of JKR's use of a
seemingly straightforward remark by the narrator to present Harry's
perspective *as if* it were fact. Harry can't possibly *know* what
anyone else thinks or feels. Certainly Snape *appears* to hate Harry,
but how much is real dislike (which appears to Harry as hatred) and
how much is dislike used as a cover for Snape's own purposes? He can't
know and neither can we, but JKR wants us to *think* that Harry is
right. (Remember that this quotation is from SS/PS and that Snape is
being set up as a red herring villain.)

I suggest that we should regard the words "Harry knew" with suspicion
not only here but throughout hte series. IIRC, Harry "knew" that his
parents died in a car accident, that Dementors can see, that Sirius
Black wanted to kill him, that he was going to die when LV possessed
him. None of these things that Harry "knew" turned out to be true. So
his "knowledge" that Snape hates him fits into the same category.

Carol, who apologizes for not having actual quotes at hand but will
try to come back with them to support her theory