[HPforGrownups] Re: Let's hear it for good old Snapey!

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No: HPFGUIDX 87906






  > vmonte wrote:
  > 1. I wonder why Snape removed his thoughts in front of Harry? 


  D. wrote:
  >Lacking imagination and contradicting the spirit of this group, I 
  believed in the most simple: the book is written from Harry's POV. If 
  Harry don't see it, we readers wouldn't have seen it. To write Snape 
  taken out the memories in front of Harry would be the most 
  straightfoward way to inform readers of other characters' actions . 
  If Snape have taken out his memories in private, locked it safely in 
  the cupboard, thus Harry (and readers) wouldn't have known about 
  Snape using the pensieve at all...now there will be NO story at all 
  will it?  


  Joj says:
  Not necessarily.  Snape could have done all that "off camera" and then been called out of the room the same way.  Harry could then have walked over to collect his things and seen the pensive. He knows what it is, and so the story could continue from there the same as it did.  Harry wants some answers, and there's his chance.  Snape wouldn't have needed to hide the pensive well, because I'm sure he never thought he'd leave Harry in there alone.

  JKR made such a point of pointing out that he always removed 3 memories (reinforcing) that I'm sure these other two instances from his past will be revealed, not necessarily in memory form.

  Joj

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