How should Harry deal with Snape

pippin_999 foxmoth at qnet.com
Tue Jul 27 22:44:09 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 107916

Alla:
> > But I think that Pippin's suggestion painted a bit different 
reaction  and more to the side of acknowledgement that Snape... 
well, is OK  guy. :o)(Pippin, correct me, if I am wrong, please)

Pippin:

Goodness me, no, no,no, Snape is not OK! Snape is damaged.  
He is so damaged he may never get any better. He has done 
evil, and I think we will be shocked when we find out how much. 
So what? Is Harry so perfect that he deserves to inhabit a world 
of perfect people? I don't think so.

 But Snape has not done as much damage to Harry as Harry 
thinks, IMO.  Snape's not okay, but he's  not a dementor either. 
He's like a boggart dementor.  Aside from a jar of cockroaches, 
Snape has never used any weapon against Harry except Harry's 
own fear of being found unworthy. I suggest that Harry take that 
weapon away from him.

Or Harry  could decide  to wait till Snape gets better before 
finding a way to deal with him. But I think  he could wait a very 
long time. Of course Harry has a right to expect all adults to be 
more emotionally stable and healthy than he is...or does he? Is 
that just another prejudice?

Pippin






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