Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[mz_annethrope]

No: HPFGUIDX 107310

Alla:

<snip, snip, snip>
> Nah, I still think that dear Severus executed his revenge over 
poor 
> Remus. Bad, Bad Snape! Left Remus without any possibility to earn 
a  
> living. (Hey, Pippin! :o)
> 
> 
> Although, when I reread Hagrid's quote, I am inclined to agree 
with 
> Ava - it could be read that Snape told Slytherins that Lupin is 
> resigning because he is a werewolf (after somebody else already 
> slipped it)
> 
> 
> But, please, please convince me who that "anonymous person" can be.


mz_annethrope here:

I don't think you'll find evidence in the book pointing to anyone 
except for Snape. Here's the quotes, p 422 PoA, American Ed. Hagrid 
is speaking to Harry who has been searching for Lupin:

"Blimey, haven't you heard?" said Hagrid, his smile fading a little. 
He lowered his voice, even though there was nobody in sight. "Er--
Snape told all the Slytherins this mornin'....Thought everyone'd 
know by now...Professor Lupin's a werewolf, see. An' he was loose on 
the grounds las' night....He's packin' now, o' course."

On page 423, in response to Lupin acknowledging he had resigned, 
Harry asks Lupin if the MoM thought Lupin was helping Sirius. Lupin 
responds:

"No. Professor Dumbledore managed to convince Fudge that I was 
trying to save your lives." He sighed. "That was the final straw for 
Severus. I think the loss of the Order of Merlin hit him hard. So he-
-er--accidently let slip that I am a werewolf this morning at 
breakfast."

Two people accuse Snape. One might rejoinder that they're telling 
only half truths, but on what grounds other than that the movie is 
different? I think the book is clear; the movie is ambiguous. If my 
memory is correct, in the movie it's unclear whether any faculty but 
Dumbledore and Snape know Lupin is a werewolf. In the book (p. 346) 
all the faculty know. In the book Lupin is leaving because he's a 
werewolf; in the movie he says something to the effect that parents 
wouldn't want "people like me" teaching. I was left wondering if 
he's ashamed of saying the word "werewolf." Or is the omission of 
the word "werewolf" a subtle suggestion that he might be something 
else that people are prejudiced against--say gay? Didn't movie Snape 
liken Sirius and Lupin to an old married couple? But that's the 
movie and not the book.

mz_annethrope