Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 100654

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> Snape's hate for a man Harry barely remembers, and a man who 
certainly 
> had no influence on Harry's life, kept him from doing his job.
> 
> That is immaturity.
> 
> And Snape is not 15.

   Granted Snape's initial hostility to a child is petty and unworthy 
but after five years Harry has given SS plenty of reason to dislike 
him for himself, not his father. Secondly Snape does *not* let his 
feelings interfere with his duty to the Order or to Harry as a 
teacher, (unsympathetic and bullying as he is he has risked his own 
life to save Harry's at least twice, and the kid certainly has 
learned his potions as we see at the OWLS ;) Snape doesn't abandon 
the occlumency lessons until Harry mortally offends him by flagrantly 
violating his privacy. In fact a shaky sort of rapport seems to be in 
the offing as both learn more of the other through seeing their 
memories - until Harry blows everything out of the water by prying.

   Looking into the pensieve was like reading Snape's letters, but 
worse. I repeat I cannot blame SS for going ballistic and refusing to 
have anything more to do with Harry. I'd have done at least as much 
in his place. 

   He may be to blame for not telling somebody; DD or McGonegal, that 
he had stopped the lessons so they could make alternate arrangements. 
Always assuming he didn't report it to somebody, we really don't 
know. But DD must have learned about it through Lupin and/or Sirius 
and he didn't do anything about it.