[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 4985

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 107627


SSSusan wrote:

> 
> I like this question of Neri's, and I think it just might serve 
> Harry well if he were to consider it very seriously.  I can 
> understand your reaction, Alla, but I don't know that I agree with 
> you.  We've seen very little indication that Snape is interested in 
> changing.  So if a change is going to occur between the two, I think 
> it just might have to come from an effort of Harry's.
> 
> What could it hurt for Harry to TRY this tack?  Not a thing.  The 
> bigger question, I think, is:  Is it *possible* for a 16-year-old, 
> filled with anger and frustration, convinced this man truly loathes 
> him, to set all that aside and say, "NO. I will not feed the cycle 
> by being a berk to him.  I will not give him reason any more to fail 
> me, to sneer at me, to belittle me. I will show him that I 
> understand we MUST work together."  
> 
> Is that possible?  I don't know.  But I do have an inkling that if 
> Harry were truly able to *state* that he wants to call a ceasefire, 
> if he were truly able to convince Snape he was willing to listen to 
> him &work hard &learn from him, it just *might* get through to 
> Snape.
> 
> Or am I crazy to even think this? :-)

Julie says:

I don't think you're crazy. When it comes to Snape and Harry, I think
we all assume Harry is the better person, don't we? Snape is mean 
and embittered, while Harry isn't (yet). If something is going to change
between them, I think it will be at Harry's instigation. But first, Harry
needs to grow up a bit more and recognize that fact. Hopefully, he 
will do so in the next two books, and prove himself what we already
know him to be, the better man. 

So, take that, Snape ;-)

Julie 


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