Snape Question

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 105935

"chinaskisnotes" wrote:
<snip> Also, speaking of when Snape became a member of the order, JKR
went out of her way to tell us how long teachers had been at Hogwarts.
Trelawney 16  years, prophecy time, before Harry's birth. Snape, 14
years, after Harry's  parent's death. Could he have been the one to
alert DD to their deaths?
>

Carol responds:
We don't know that Snape became a teacher after Harry's parents
deaths, which occurred on October 31. It could have been just before
their deaths, at the start of term on September 1. This would in fact
make more sense than hiring him two months into the school year.
Surely a teacher didn't conveniently die just as Voldemort fell (and
Snape needed a job). I think Snape was already at Hogwarts when the
Potters died, pretending to spy on Dumbledore but really getting away
from the Death Eaters before Voldemort went after the Potters. It's
even possible that a change in his Dark Mark was what alerted
Dumbledore to Voldemort's fall.

Carol