Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 107241

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mnaper2001" <mnaperrone at a...> 
wrote:
> Is there a part of OOTP I'm forgetting?  
> 
> Everyone said Snape let it slip that Lupin was a werewolf, but I 
> didn't necessarily read Hagrid's statement like that.  He said 
> something like "Didn't you hear?  Snape told the Slytherins this 
> morning.  Professor Lupin is a werewolf and was roaming the 
grounds 
> last night.  He's packing now."
> 
> That could mean - Snape told the Slytherins Lupin was a werewolf 
this 
> morning, and now, as a result, Lupin's resigned.
> 
> Or it could just mean, Snape told the Slytherins the news that 
Lupin 
> will no longer be with us, b/c he's a werewolf, I'm surprised it 
> hasn't gotten all around the school yet.
> 
> Is there some other part that confirms that Snape actually leaked 
the 
> information, or is it all based on this quote from Hagrid?

Renee:

The book is a bit vague on this point. Hagrid says 1) that Snape 
told the Slytherins Lupin was a werewolf and 2) that Lupin 
resigned 'first thing this mornin'. 

Later, Lupin confirms Snape 'accidentally let slip that I am a 
werewolf this morning at breakfast'.

We don't have an exact chronology, so it depends when 'first thing 
this mornin' is supposed to be. Is it before or after breakfast? Did 
Lupin resign because Snape had his little slip, or did he resign 
beforehand and independently of it, because he genuinely considered 
himself a danger to the school? From the text alone, this isn't 
clear. There are several possibilities:

1)Lupin resigned before breakfast. Snape didn't know this yet, and 
wanting to make sure Lupin would never return as a teacher to 
endanger the students, he let his secret slip.

2)as in 1), but Snape knew and just wanted to take revenge on Lupin 
for the missed Order of Merlin.

3)Returning from the forest after breakfast time, Lupin heard what 
Snape told the Slytherins by way of precaution. This made him decide 
to resign.     

4)As in 3), but Snape let the secret slip to get back at Lupin. 

1) contributes nothing but noble motives to both characters; 2) puts 
Snape in a less favourable light; 3) puts Lupin in a less favourable 
light, and in 4) both are flawed. Take your pick!  

What is obvious, though, is that it was Snape made sure the 
*students* (who were unaware yet of Lupin's condition) knew. 
Admittedly the movie has "someone", instead of Snape, but I don't 
attach too much importance to this. I would if the movie 
contradicted the book, but it doesn't.

Renee