Harry begins to act like someone I know...

[justcarol67]

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Alla wrote:
> I don't usually have many positive things to say about Snape's 
> treatment of Harry and I agree with Melanie - you don't belittle a 
> child about his dead father, ever. But, when Snape was saying these 
> horrible things in PoA, I felt the despair beyond the insults. I 
> thought that Snape was upset by James and Lily death and did not
want > Harry to die.
> 
> I don't know if I feel like that after OoP, though.


Carol responds:
I know you think that Snape should not have stopped giving Harry
occlumency lessons. But even if you're right (and I've already
expressed my views on that subject), surely that mistake was
compensated for by Snape's actions later in the book. It was Snape who
alerted both the Order and Dumbledore that Harry was in danger. If it
weren't for Snape, Harry and his friends would almost certainly be dead.

Carol