Snape Question

[aggiepaddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 104415

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:
> I'm sorry if this has been asked before, and if it has, perhaps 
someone can point me to the messages on the discussion.
> 
> 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."
> 
> My dictionary says rejoined means 'to join again.'
> 
> 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?
> 
> Just a curiosity as I came across it in reading this morning.


I completely agree with where you're going with this Cathy.  It 
occured to me a while ago, whilst musing over the theories in here, 
that Snape has always been on the 'good' side and is a double agent. 

Aggie