"Professor" Snape and Respect

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 98263

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

> I am inclined to agree with you that that is exactly what 
Dumbledore  may think about Snape and Harry relationship.- If 
Harry shows him  respect, if even only formal, Snape may 
change his behaviour towards  Harry.
 
> I understand Dumbledore's supposed logic, but I also think 
that OoP  showed that Dumbledore was living in a dream world ( 
not that he ever  lived in the real one. :)), if he was hoping that
by putting Snape  and Harry together , they would tolerate each 
other better)
> 
> Snape saw Harry's memories of his childhood, he saw that 
Harry was  never a spoiled  child, or whoever Snape believed 
him to be.
 
 I saw no sighs whatsoever that it changed his attitude even a 
little  bit.
<snip>
> Of course, since we are not privy to Snape's thoughts, I could 
be  100% wrong.<<


Pippin:
We are privy to Harry's thoughts, and we know that thanks to his 
glimpse of Snape's memories, he found himself feeling sorry for 
Snape. That was a step in the right direction, though he was 
happy enough to find a new excuse to hate Snape instead. We 
don't know if Snape ever felt anything of the same sort, but there 
is a hint that he might have.

"He was nine, and Ripper the bulldog was chasing him up a tree 
and the Dursleys were laughing below on the lawn..." [... Snape 
asked] "To whom did the dog belong?"

Much as Snape will later think that Harry was enjoying the sight 
of seeing him humiliated in the Pensieve, Harry thinks Snape 
is rubbing it in. But I don't think so...I think Snape knew exactly 
how Harry had felt being threatened by a dangerous animal 
while the people who were supposed to protect you stood 
around laughing. 

Don't forget there are two books to go--the Snape vs Harry story 
line is not likely to be resolved until close to the end of 7, but 
Dumbledore (and JKR) must lay the groundwork now.

Pipppin