Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 105416

Alla:

Kneasy, if this is the position taken by Snape advocates, I actually
have nothing to debate. I am in perfect understanding and agreement
of such position.

If Snape's abusiveness, revengefullness, pettiness ,shalowness, etc.
is duly acknowledged , but despite all that people like Snape as
interesting character and want to know his motivations, I think I
understand that.

Believe it or not, I also really, really want to know Snape's back
story. I am curious, if nothing else.

I want to argue when what Snape does is JUSTIFIED, because he MAY
have best intentions in mind. (No, I am not saying people cannot have
such opinions, I am saying that I usually want to challenge them)

Because to me even if Snape has good intentions toward Harry, at face
value what he does cannot be justified.

vmonte responds:

I agree with you Alla. I read a JKR interview where someone asked
why DD hired Snape to teach. JKR said something like: 'he felt that
one of life's lessons are that you sometimes have to deal with people
like Snape, and he felt that they could learn something from him 
(I'm really paraphrasing).

Months ago I posted the idea that DD might have Snape at the school 
as another training tool for the children. DD always helps HRH by 
supplying them with information and tools they eventually use. Just 
like he supplied the mirror of erised to Harry so that he would know 
how it worked when he confronted Voldemort at the end of SS/PS.

It seems clear to me (IMO) that Dumbledore is a military
strategist. 

There is a 2500 year old treatise on war called The Art
of War. Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Napoleon, Lee, Patton, and
many more have read and used what they learned from this treatise.

Anyway, there is a famous line in it: Keep your friends close, but
your enemies closer. If DD is in fact a strategist he may have
Snape at the school so that he can keep an eye on him, and so that
the children can learn something from him. How does a DE think?
Act? What are their weaknesses?

It's difficult to understand why DD would hire an ex DE. The only
thing I can think of is that he felt that it was important somehow. 
What would you do if it was your responsibility to make some really 
hard choices? What if you felt that the WW was going to get wiped 
out? Why have Snape in direct contact with children if he doesn't 
trust him enough to teach DADA.  It sounds like he believes
that Snape could harm a child. I know that Snape could also kill in 
the potions class if he wanted to, but I think that teaching DADA is 
different somehow. Snape is not level headed. He's got a short fuse.

In all fairness it could also be that the children need to learn a 
potion that will save somone's life or something. I sure hope they 
learn it fast since there's only 2 books to go. 

I also hope that DD doesn't think that Snape will lay down his life 
for Harry, because I really doubt it.

I still like Snape as character. I just am glad I don't know him
personally.

vivian