Harry begins to act like someone I know...

[evita2fr]

No: HPFGUIDX 99298

Potioncat:
> Are you asking if Snape wears his heart on his sleeve? Or if he has 
> also has a "saving people" thing?  The answer to both just might be 
> yes.  In his case, he also has a strong need for recognition.  
> Which he doesn't seem to get.
> 
> It's hard to say if the Life Debt which he feels is unpaid, is a 
> debt of honor or a magically-bound debt.  But something is motivating 
> him to watch out for Harry.  He's stepped in once or twice to help out 
> Neville too.  And I think the real reason he's stalking the halls 
> at night is for the safety of the students, not for a snack.


Well, Jo loves show us something to better leads us elsewhere. We 
often were sure about a thing and she showed later that we were 
completely wrong. I don't have an example there, it's like when she 
make Harry thinks again and again something, we end to believe it, 
and it was a trap.

In GOF, chap 25, page 411:

"I merely thought," said Snape, in a voice of forced calm,"that if 
Potter was wandering around after hours again...it's an unfortunate 
habit of his...he should be stopped. For-for his own safety."
"Ah, I see" said Moody softly. "Got Potter's best interests at heart, 
have you?"

The first instinct of the reader is 'of course Snape lies, he doesn't 
care about Harry!'

And if we are wrong? Maybe Jo hides something, that Snape really 
thinks to Harry's safety. Maybe against himself (I hate him but I 
want to protect him), and it's why he made the 'For-for', he doesn't 
want admit that to himself and to the others.


Christelle