Snape Question

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 104407

Me: 
"In GoF, Chap 30, "The Pensieve" DD says "Severus Snape was indeed a Death Eater.  However, he rejoined (emphasis mine) our side before Lord Voldemort's downfall and turned spy for us, at great personal risk.  He is now no more a Death Eater than I am."  

Does this mean that Snape was a member of the Order, left (for some reason) to be a Death Eater, then returned (for some reason) to the Order and turned spy?  He is an accomplished Occlumens, could he have possibly become a Death Eater only to be a spy for the Order?"


Sorry, didn't think this one through until I got in the shower.  Of course he was a member of the Order...left to be a DE, then returned to the Order.  The "rejoined our side" is the second chance FakeMoody was on about in "The Egg and the Eye" chapter of GoF:  'Course Dumbledore trusts you [to Snape],' growled Moody, 'He's a trusting man, isn't he?  Believes in second chances (emphasis mine).'  

What we don't know yet, from the books at any rate, is why he joined the Order in the first place (seems like an odd thing for Snape to do, to me), left the Order in the second place, and why he left the DE's in the third place.  

Cathy - who won't bother you again today...I'm going to read.

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